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Resident urges board to allow Bibles as classroom research materials, offers to form volunteer funding committee
Summary
During public comment a Highlands County property owner proposed providing Bibles as classroom research materials and asked the board to permit a volunteer committee to pursue procurement without tax funds.
Larry Overfield, a Highlands County property owner, used the meeting’s public comment period to urge the school board to allow the Bible to be used as research material and textbook content in multiple classroom settings, including history, civics, philosophy and science.
Why it matters: The request touched on constitutional and curricular questions about religion in public schools. Mr. Overfield…
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