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The mother of a teenager with special educational needs is calling on a council to reverse its decision to stop paying for the support he needs to get him to school.

But in recent years, several educational institutions — now including Loyola Marymount — have claimed the religious exemption suddenly and without warning, effectively using it to shut down established faculty unions that they had previously recognized.

“This is about the behavior. We’re really trying to be a district that gets past these cultural wars and really stays focused on children and educational outcomes for them.”

The end of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting means a halt to decades of renowned educational programming, cultural content and natural disaster alerts.

Based on Rosie's reaction to school, an educational psychologist who assessed her noted she had "emotionally based school avoidance" or EBSA, a condition school leaders say they are encountering more.