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Parents propose privately funded 'Bible Bus' program; board to consider policy steps
Summary
Speakers proposed a privatized Release Time Bible Education program (Bible Bus of the Ozarks) for elementary students, describing volunteer screening and off-site instruction; the board accepted information but took no formal action.
Two parents and advocates asked the Springfield R‑XII board on Oct. 22 to consider allowing a privately funded Release Time Bible Education program, which presenters called the Bible Bus of the Ozarks.
Barbara Cross described the program’s logistics, saying volunteers would collect third‑ through fifth‑grade students with written parental permission, walk them to a…
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