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Anti-religious indoctrination bill An anti-religious indoctrination bill is moving forward in the state House and Senate. The bill, which seeks to prevent religious indoctrination in public schools, passed a House education subcommittee and Senate education committee with little objection Wednesday. Bill sponsor Republican Representative Matthew Hill, said he filed the bill to address statewide concern over how religion is taught in public schools. Some parents have been concerned about how Islam, Christianity and other world religions are covered in social studies. The bill enables local school boards to set guidelines on how religions are taught in school and requires teachers of core subjects to be more transparent in when and what they teach. Hill says the bill intends to prevent indoctrination, not stop education on world religions. Students in grades 6-7 learn about major world religions in the context of world history. The House Education Instruction and Programs Subcommittee voted 6-2 to pass the bill to full committee.
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