AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide to students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.
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Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
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Introduced Jan 4, 2017
Signed Apr 11, 2017
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Committee
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Apr 11, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 187)
legislature
Feb 27, 2017
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To Education (S)
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) and (2) filed
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
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Feb 7, 2017
Committee
To Education (H)
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Jan 4, 2017
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