AR HB1032

State Board of Education shall allow public school districts to offer an elective academic study of the Bible course as a nonsectarian, nonreligious course covering the Bible's influence on literature, art, music, culture, and politics

Curriculum standards must meet the academic rigor and standards of other state-approved elective courses and comply with the Arkansas and United States Constitutions

Teachers assigned to the course must be licensed in Arkansas and cannot be selected based on religious tests, profession of faith, religious affiliation, or beliefs about the Bible

Course must be taught objectively and nondevotionally with no attempt to indoctrinate students on the truth or falsity of biblical materials, and cannot include religious doctrine, sectarian interpretation, or disparagement of religious beliefs

School districts offering the course shall use only the standards in this section to evaluate textbooks and teach the academic study of the Bible course