Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB215: Comparative religion; Board of Education to authorize elective course in grades 9 through 12.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-202.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-202.1. Comparative religion as elective course.
Local school boards The Board of
Education shall authorize, as an elective in grades nine through
12 with appropriate credits toward graduation, a comparative religion class
that focuses on the basic tenets, history, and religious observances and rites
of world religions.
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