The long-dormant idea of teaching public school students about the literary and historic importance of the Bible is getting a fresh look this year from state legislatures and local school boards - ...

A federal lawsuit was filed recently against the Mercer County, West Virginia Board of Education, challenging a Bible program in the elementary schools. The plaintiffs are the Freedom From Religion ...

(CNN) -- Legislators across the country have reignited the fight for, and debate over so-called "Bible literacy classes" -- elective courses in public schools about Scriptures' impact. Alabama, ...

The textbook list for local high schoolers could soon include one more book: the Bible. A bill introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly last month would allow school districts across the ...

Some Kentucky public schools are offering Bible-literacy classes that are in violation of the U.S. Constitution, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Last year, Kentucky lawmakers passed ...

Here in Appalachia’s Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach Bible classes, as occurs in several other Republican-controlled states. I ...

LifeWise Academy offers Bible study classes for kids during the public school day. They launched in Gig Harbor last fall.

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Newly released audio shows Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to lead North Carolina’s public schools, wants Bible classes offered in every middle school and high school in the state. A ...