Religious Holy Days

It is the policy of the Boston City Singers to make reasonable efforts to accommodate the religious beliefs of students and staff. State and federal law also mandate such reasonable accommodations.

Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 151C, Section 2B reads, in pertinent part, as follows:

“Any student in an educational or vocational training institution, other than a religious or denominational educational or vocational training institution, who is unable, because of his religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day shall be excused from any such examination or study or work requirement, and shall be provided with an opportunity to make up such examination, study, or work requirement which he may have missed because of such absence on any particular day; provided, however, that such makeup examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon such school. No fees of any kind shall be charged by the institution for making available to the said student such opportunity. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student because of his availing himself of the provisions of this section.”

Although the mandate noted above refers to educational and vocational training institutions, Boston City Singers conducts itself in the same vein.

In order to accommodate the religious beliefs of students and staff, all who observe any holiday because of religious beliefs will be marked present and will not be marked absent. Boston City Singers instructors and teachers will make every attempt to share information from the missed session(s) with any student who does not attend class or rehearsal in observance of a religious holiday.