A Barrow County school committee is expected to recommend holding-off the introduction of Bible history classes in county schools until 2009.
Barrow County’s Board of Education meets tonight, and will get the recommendation from a 10-member committee made up of teachers, students, parents and community members. According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the committee wants more time to review proposed coursework and plan curriculum.
The Barrow school board has been considering the addition of two classes teaching history and literature of the Old and New Testaments. Courses were approved by the state in January of this year.
Bible courses in public schools has been criticized by some, including the ACLU. It fears state-approved coursework is not specific enough to avoid teachers crossing the line from class-teaching, to preaching.
Barrow County’s Board of Education meets tonight, and will get the recommendation from a 10-member committee made up of teachers, students, parents and community members. According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the committee wants more time to review proposed coursework and plan curriculum.
The Barrow school board has been considering the addition of two classes teaching history and literature of the Old and New Testaments. Courses were approved by the state in January of this year.
Bible courses in public schools has been criticized by some, including the ACLU. It fears state-approved coursework is not specific enough to avoid teachers crossing the line from class-teaching, to preaching.
