"Here is an article about how our local school district is doing Bible classes:"
So after Bible teachers got kicked out of schools, the community had to set up a separate classroom location and a bus for transportation to get around a court ruling that is probably unconstitutional under the free exercise clause to begin with.
So after Bible teachers got kicked out of schools, the community had to set up a separate classroom location and a bus for transportation to get around a court ruling that is probably unconstitutional under the free exercise clause to begin with. There was no court ruling, only a complaint to the school board stopped the classes. The classes continue today as they have for over 50 years, the only difference is they are no longer held on school property. The Bible classes were never funded by tax dollars even when they were held on in school facilities. And the practice is not unconstitutional.
The practice is called "release time." Parents grant permission for their children to be "released" during school for privately run courses. The concept was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952 as permissible, as long as classes are off campus, no public funding goes into the program and participation is voluntary.
Release time is used by nearly every school district in South Carolina. It is used for a wide range of subjects ranging from religion like Bible, Torah and Koran classes to academics like advanced classes to athletics like Tai Kwon Do ,karate and gymnastics classes.