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=S=> GG 7. 1 The entire school system shall be under the supervision of the state .
=S=> GG 7. 2 Parents and guardians shall have the right to decide whether children shall receive religious instruction .
=S=> GG 7. 3 Religious instruction shall form part of the regular curriculum in state schools , with the exception of non-denominational schools . Without prejudice to the states right of supervision , religious instruction shall be given in accordance with the tenets of the religious community concerned . Teachers may not be obliged against their will to give religious instruction .
=S=> GG 7. 4 The right to establish private schools shall be guaranteed . Private schools that serve as alternatives to state schools shall require the approval of the state and shall be subject to the laws of the Länder . Such approval shall be given when private schools are not inferior to the state schools in terms of their educational aims , their facilities , or the professional training of their teaching staff , and when segregation of pupils according to the means of their parents will not be encouraged thereby . Approval shall be withheld if the economic and legal position of the teaching staff is not adequately assured .
=S=> GG 7. 5 A private elementary school shall be approved only if the educational authority finds that it serves a special pedagogical interest or if , on the application of parents or guardians , it is to be established as a denominational or interdenominational school or as a school based on a particular philosophy and no state elementary school of that type exists in the municipality .
=S=> GG 7. 6 Preparatory schools shall remain abolished .
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