If parents want to deprive their children of an education that meets basic standards in reading, writing, math, science and other subjects, there's no legal requirement that the state of New York do anything about that, lawyers for Attorney General Letitia James's office told a court last week.
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Lawyers for the state counter that the legal requirement of a “sound basic education” doesn’t apply to students at private religious schools.
