Alena Horowitz, 14, was allowed to attend classes at Hilo High this week under the terms of a temporary restraining order issued earlier by Kona Circuit Judge Elizabeth Strance, but Strance on Thursday refused to extend that order.

That means the state Department of Health will bar Horowitz from the school unless she undergoes the TB test, something she refuses to do, said the girl's father, Leonard Horowitz. Instead, Leonard Horowitz said he plans to home school his daughter and take her on a trip around the world this fall to further her education.

Len Horowitz said other parents plan to pursue the legal case he started in an effort to force the school to allow Alena and other students to attend classes without taking the TB test. Horowitz contends state law allows his daughter and other students to claim an exemption from TB testing on religious grounds because it violates her "Judeo-Christian" beliefs.