SB62: 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 boardsThe 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.