78613-2:n:11/30/2005:MF/th LRS2005-4326R1
| SYNOPSIS: | Existing law provides for a core curriculum for students enrolled in public schools which includes specified elective courses. |
| This bill would establish an elective public high school course for Grades 9 to 12, inclusive, titled "The Bible and Its Influence." | |
| The bill would specify that each local board of education would be granted the authority to offer the course within its jurisdiction. | |
| The bill would specify the textbook for the course. |
Relating to public education; authorizing local boards of education to offer in public high schools Grades 9 to 12, inclusive, a course entitled "The Bible and Its Influence"; and to specify the course textbook.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Each local board of education may offer students in public high school Grades 9 to 12, inclusive, the course "The Bible and its Influence." The offering shall be considered an elective course for purposes of core curriculum requirements.
(b) The textbook for the course shall be:
The Bible and its Influence;
Cullen Schippe-Chuck Stetson, General Editors;
BLP Publishing, New York and Fairfax, Virginia.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.