Post by pavel on Feb 10, 2016 21:19:43 GMT -6
An anti-religious indoctrination bill is moving forward in the state House and Senate.
The bill, which seeks to prevent religious indoctrination in public schools, passed a House education subcommittee and Senate education committee with little objection Wednesday.
Bill sponsor Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, said he filed the bill to address statewide concern over how religion is taught in public schools. Some parents have been concerned about how Islam, one of several major world religions covered in social studies, is taught.
The bill enables local school boards to set guidelines on how religions are taught in school and requires teachers of core subjects to be more transparent in when and what they teach.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/02/10/anti-religious-indoctrination-bill-moves-forward/80188730/
The bill, which seeks to prevent religious indoctrination in public schools, passed a House education subcommittee and Senate education committee with little objection Wednesday.
Bill sponsor Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, said he filed the bill to address statewide concern over how religion is taught in public schools. Some parents have been concerned about how Islam, one of several major world religions covered in social studies, is taught.
The bill enables local school boards to set guidelines on how religions are taught in school and requires teachers of core subjects to be more transparent in when and what they teach.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/02/10/anti-religious-indoctrination-bill-moves-forward/80188730/