How much should school and religion intertwine? Should they even sponsor one another?
Education can be bolstered by religious instruction, as long as it isn’t biased.
Ohio’s recently signed bill allows students to leave school for a period a week for religious instruction. This bill passed partisanly, which shows a communal support for it. The bill has no religious bias, simply allowing students to leave during a non-core educational class for religious purposes, they will however need to have transport provided. Spectrum News said, “Students will be able to leave for at least one period per week for religious instruction if the student’s parent or guardian gives written consent and that the religious entity maintains attendance records that would be made available to the school district.” This simply allows students to pursue any sort of religious education, bolstering their experience whilst not hindering any others. The fact this bill is so open ended is why it works so well; there is not an implication nor restriction of any religious purpose.
The purpose of this bill is just to help a student’s experience and allow them to pursue their own religious education. There’s a difficult balance between church and state; however, this is the healthiest way to grant a privilege to those who may benefit from it. Public school students may lack that everyday implementation of their own religion, so this helps everyone.
More bills like this need to be signed, not just for religious purposes. This simply helps everyone because the bill also implements more safety guidelines for the case of overdoses in a school environment. That is an unfortunate truth that can’t be ignored any longer, and this bill tackles it well. Many bills are selfish or biased to those who pass them, not colloquially beneficial.
The people can use more positive effort for them. The government is by the people for the people, so it needs to benefit them. This does just that; we need to see more change like this. It’s difficult to push for change in what’s passed, but this is the way to go.
