Meanings of discriminate against students in English

Publicly funded schools are legally permitted to discriminate against students in their admission policies based on their religion.

Special Minister of State Alex Hawke described allowing religious schools to discriminate against students as an "absolutely" acceptable proposal.

The complete removal of the ability to discriminate against students based on gender or sexual orientation or relationship status or pregnancy.

A review of religious freedoms included a recommendation to allow religious schools to discriminate against students on the basis of their sexuality.

The most pointed exchanges were on whether private schools that receive federal funds would have to agree not to discriminate against students.

He said the government could easily remove the exemption to ensure schools couldn't discriminate against students but was making the issue unnecessarily broad.

Irish universities are discriminating against students from disadvantaged backgrounds by failing to recognise prior learning.

Wyoming, for instance, expressly prohibits charter schools from discriminating against students with special needs in enrollment decisions.

The proposed changes would prohibit any schools from discriminating against students on the basis of their sexuality or gender.

Around midday, Penny Wong will introduce legislation to stop schools from discriminating against students based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.