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House Education Policy panel adopts substitute for bill allowing out-of-class religious study with parental consent
Summary
The House Education Policy Committee adopted a substitute to HB 231 that would allow religious study outside regular class time only if a local school board approves it and participating students have parental consent.
The House Education Policy Committee on an unspecified date adopted a substitute to House Bill 231 that would permit religious study outside regular class time if approved by the local school board and with parental consent.
Representative Ingram, who presented the measure, said the substitute removes a specific reference to Christianity so that the provision would apply to any religion and that the activity “has to…
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