Ohio Senate passes parental rights bill, school release time for students
The Ohio Senate has passed a bill that advances parental rights issues, including allowing public school students to be taken off campus during school hours to have religious instruction.
The state's upper chamber passed House Bill 8 on Wednesday in a vote of 24-7, with the Ohio House voting 57-31 to concur with any changes made to the legislation.
HB 8 now goes to Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who, upon receiving the bill, has 10 days to decide whether to sign the bill into law or veto it, according to CBS' Columbus affiliate WBNS.
Primarily sponsored by Reps. D.J. Swearingen and Sara Carruthers, HB 8 declares that "a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child."
"A school district board of education shall collaborate with a sponsoring entity of a released time course in religious instruction to identify a time to offer the course during the school day," continued the legislation.
"While in attendance in a released time course in religious instruction, a student shall not be considered absent from school. No student may be released from a core curriculum subject course to attend a religious instruction course."*
*source: Christian Post, url: https://www.christianpost.com/news/ohio-senate-votes-to-allow-released-time-for-religious-learning.html
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