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1 course.
2 Under the bill, the state board and school districts are
3 prohibited from violating any provision of law in complying
4 with the provisions of the bill. A course offered under the
5 bill is subject to federal and state guidelines regarding
6 religious neutrality, and shall recognize and accommodate the
7 diverse religious views, traditions, and the perspectives of
8 students enrolled in the school district. Such a course shall
9 not endorse, favor, promote, or disfavor, or be hostile toward,
10 any particular religion, faith, or nonreligious perspective.
11 If a school improvement advisory committee recommends such a
12 course, the school board must consider the recommendation. To
13 offer and teach such a course, the school board must approve
14 the recommendation by majority vote of its membership.
15 A student enrolled in such a course shall not be required
16 to use a specific translation as the sole text for the Hebrew
17 Scriptures or the New Testament of the Bible.
18 A school improvement advisory committee or the principal of
19 a school offering such a course may authorize the display of
20 historic artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts, including
21 but not limited to religious materials, in conjunction with
22 the course if such display is appropriate to the overall
23 educational purpose of the course and does not require a child
24 to read religious books contrary to the wishes of the child’s
25 parent or guardian. Under current law, religious text books
26 such as the Bible, the Torah, and the Koran shall not be
27 excluded from any public school.