Senate panel endorses Bible classes for public schools [View all]
The Senate’s Education and Health Committee advanced legislation Thursday that would allow public high schools to offer an elective Bible study course.
The legislation is part of a nationwide push in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia, according to USA Today.
“It teaches a lot about all other religions. It teaches a lot about where people stand on the Christian faith. And it’s one of the fastest growing faiths in the country,” said the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Bill Carrico, R-Grayson. “And if we’re going to be a country that reaches out to other communities then this is much needed.”
As first presented, the Virginia version of the bill would have mandated all public schools offer the course, but Carrico amended the legislation to make it optional at the discretion of local school boards.
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