As of recently, Florida has been learning a lot about the new bill proposals surfacing for the new year.
One of the newly proposed bills in Florida focuses on the implementation of religious courses in public high schools grades 9-12.
The bill proposal is titled, “Study of the Bible and Religion” and focuses on the Florida public school district including religious study courses as electives in high school.
The bill is not limited to just one religion, but states that school districts would be required to offer specific courses relating to religions such as Hebrew Scriptures and the Bible.
According to WPTV, the religion elective courses would focus on:
- An objective study of religion
- An objective study of the Bible, including, but not limited to, a course on the Hebrew Scriptures and Old Testament of the Bible, a course on the New Testament of the Bible, and a course on the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible, and the New Testament of the Bible.
Although the fate of this bill is still undecided, if approved it would go into effect for the following school year of 2020.
