There has long been disagreement about the legitimate place of religion in student-led and extracurricular activities, like after-school prayer groups, and at public school sporting events. But the new trend is to push the Bible into the heart of the instructional day. Since 2006, public schools in four other states -- Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee -- have passed laws similar to the one in Texas, and North Carolina is considering such a bill. South Carolina allows students to receive credit for Bible courses taken off campus, say, at a church or a Christian college.
MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/for-texas-religious-electives-a-call-for-more-inclusion.html?_r=0
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Reading, Writing & Religion II
http://www.tfn.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_religious_freedom_bible_courses
