When I was in school, we actually did have the Bible in school and we’re taught to memorize some scriptures, as part of our class assignment. This was no back-woods school, but the Dallas Public School System. When my younger brother went ... they were no longer doing it!
And these days, when I refer to the Bible, I have to define that, too ... as the absolutely inerrant and infallible Word of God, totally dependable in ALL THINGS that it speaks about. I always refer to this historic church document, too ... in regards to that ...
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago1.html
The entire history and documentation for this is housed in the library archives of Dallas Theological Seminary.
I was 15 when the law said the Bible could not be used and prayer banned from our high school.
I had an old guy for a chemistry teacher and in our first class he said, you will all ask me sooner or later where the elements come from and so I will tell you now.
He then read from Genesis.