After withdrawing its original draft policy on religious liberty in schools (see prior posting), Spencer, Iowa school officials today unveiled a new draft (full text). It provides in part:
The Spencer Daily Reporter covers these developments.Teachers shall prepare and teach lessons throughout the year and throughout the curriculum that:
- Approach religion as academic, not devotional
- Strive for student awareness of religions, not acceptance of religions
- Study about religion, but do not practice religion in the classroom
- Expose students to diversity of religious views, not impose any particular view
- Educate about a variety of religions, not promote or denigrate religion
- Inform students about various beliefs, not conform students to any particular belief
- Demonstrate the impact of economic, social, political and cultural effects of religion throughout history
- Are age appropriate
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