ByPeter Greene,
Senior Contributor.
Last year, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law the “Religious Expression Days Act” allowing students to be absent for up to three “religious expression days” a year. Earlier this week, DeWine signed into law a bill requiring schools to adopt a policy for allowing students to leave the classroom to receive religious education at least once a week. Now lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow students to receive religious instruction without leaving their public school classroom at all.
That opportunity does not extend to all religions. HB 486, the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act,” allows for a list of 25 topics, with no religions other than Christianity mentioned.
The bill was proposed by Rep. Gary Click, a Baptist pastor first elected in 2020, and Rep. Michael Dovilla, first elected in 2011. The bill has ten co-sponsors.
