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Retired officer urges board to allow Bible instruction during school day
Summary
Allen Hartfield, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, urged the Lamar County School District to permit "Bible education" or release-time instruction during the school day, citing a 1952 Supreme Court ruling and saying similar programs operate in multiple states; board members raised legal and logistical questions.
Allen Hartfield, a retired Army special forces lieutenant colonel, used his allotted public-comment time to ask the Lamar County School District board to consider a program he described as "Bible education" or "release time," saying it would supply moral instruction he believes public schools currently lack.
Hartfield cited historical Supreme Court decisions and told the board that teaching the Bible is legal in…
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