Alabama lawmaker files bill to allow Bible history elective in public schools [View all]
North Alabama Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, wants the Bible to be the focus of three new social studies electives in public schools.
But at least one group that favors the separation of church and state is watching the bill closely.
Melson, who chairs the Senate education policy committee, filed Senate Bill 14 last month ahead of the March 5 start to the legislative session.
The bill calls for the Alabama Board of Education to create three new courses---the study of the Hebrew scriptures of the Old Testament, the study of the New Testament, and a course combining the two---that students in sixth through 12th grade could take as social studies electives.
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