rationalist_society A committee of religious clerics appointed by the New South Wales government has been demanding that state schools ask for the religious identity of children as part of the enrolment process, documents reveal.
In 2024, the controversial NSW Faith Affairs Council requested that the state's Department of Education add an optional religious identity question to the Online Enrolment System and a mandatory question about the preference for the scripture program - Special Religious Education (SRE).
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show that the Department of Education told the 19-member faith advisory committee that it had legal advice that both proposals could not happen.
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