Sec. 10a-50. (Formerly Sec. 10-334g). Absence of students due to religious beliefs.
Sec. 10a-50. (Formerly Sec. 10-334g). Absence of students due to religious beliefs. No person shall be expelled from or refused admission as a student to an institution
of higher education for the reason that he is unable, because the tenets of his religion
forbid secular activity on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, to
attend classes or to participate in any examination, study or work requirements on such
particular day or days or at such time of day. Any student in an institution of higher
education who is unable, because of such reason, to attend classes on a particular day
or days or at a particular time of day shall be excused from any examination or any
study or work assignments on such particular day or days or at such particular time of
day. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty and of the administrative officials of
each institution of higher education to make available to each student who is absent
from school because of such reason an equivalent opportunity to make up any examination, study or work requirements which he has missed because of such absence on any
particular day or days or at any particular time of day. No special fees of any kind
shall be charged to the student for making available to such student such equivalent
opportunity. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student because of
his availing himself of the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section,
"institution of higher education" shall mean any of the schools comprising the state
system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1.
(P.A. 75-367, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 10-334g transferred to Sec. 10a-50 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.