HB616 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Reed IngramRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Education, public schools, grades 6 to 12, allow elective courses on the study of the Bible, provide immunity for teachers who teach in good faith with proper historical context, State Board of Education to implement rules and policies
Description: This bill would allow public schools to offer elective courses focusing on the study of the Bible in grades six to 12, would provide for review to ensure that the courses do not violate the First Amendment, and would provide immunity for teachers who teach the material in good faith and with proper historical context.
This bill would also require the State Board of Education to adopt rules and policies to implement the requirements of the bill.
Subjects: Education

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy