I’m not sure what the big fuss is here.
As ujm noted, the parents of these schools won’t comply and it’s not like the city can win this battle. For these parents it’s yaharog v’al yaavor. The only thing they can do is yank funding.
As for not getting a diploma, I can assure you that is already the case of a large percentage of yeshiva boys. A good percentage of Yeshivos in Lakewood don’t even offer English. I do not know anyone in Lakewood who has been arrested for truancy.
One of my kids who graduated HS a few years ago in Brooklyn, he was the only one to take the SAT and one of 4 graduates with a regents diploma.
So if a kid wants to go to college he can get a GED. But most of these kids have no interest in college anyway.
So what is the big fuss?
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