Procedure descriptions
Religious education - deregistering yourself or a child
Religious education is compulsory at state schools. Pupils are generally obliged to attend religious education classes of their denomination. If pupils do not wish to take part, they must deregister or be deregistered by their legal guardians. They then attend ethics lessons from year 5 onwards.
Please note: The school can consider re-registration for religious instruction for the next school term.
Responsible authority
the respective school
Details
Prerequisite
Pupils must provide reasons of faith and conscience that prevent them from taking part in religious education.
Note: A review of the stated reasons of faith and conscience does not take place.
Procedure
Parents or pupils must declare in writing that they wish to withdraw from religious education. The declaration must be submitted to the school management. The following applies depending on age:
- before the 12th birthday:
Both parents must sign the declaration. - after the 12th and before the 14th birthday:
In addition to the signature of both parents, the pupil must expressly declare their consent to the cancellation to the school management. From this age, pupils may not be educated in another denomination against their will. Their parents can also no longer deregister them against their will. - after the 14th and before the 18th birthday:
From the age of 14, pupils are of religious age and therefore sign the declaration themselves. Parents must be invited to the handover meeting at the school management.
The declaration must contain the following information in addition to the signatures of the parents or your signature:
- Name
- Class
- Date
Deadlines
No later than two weeks after the start of the school semester
Required documents
none
Costs
none
Miscellaneous
In Baden-Württemberg, pupils at public schools can attend Protestant or Catholic religious education and, at individual locations, Old Catholic religious education
- old Catholic,
- jewish,
- syrian Orthodox,
- orthodox,
- alevi religious education and
- and Sunni Islamic religious education
attend.