Dive Summary:

• San Antonio's Northside Independent School District decided to embed locator chips in 4,200 high school and middle school student ID badges, but one student's refusal to participate has sparked a debate over privacy and religion.
• A San Antonio judge was set to decide Wednesday if the student could transfer schools, but the hearing was canceled after the district requested that the case be moved to federal court and a new hearing hasn't been scheduled.
• The 15-year-old sophomore's parents say that the potential for additional state funding to the district doesn't outweigh privacy and religious rights.

From the article:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Locator chips embedded in student IDs by a Texas school district has set off a debate over privacy and religion after one student refused to participate. ...