The Ohio State House of Representatives has passed the Student Religious Liberties Act (HB 428) This House Bill will prevent teachers from marking answers to tests as “wrong” if the student answers according to their personal religious beliefs.
In part, the bill states: “No school district board of education (…) shall prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of homework, artwork, or other written assignment grades and scores shall be calculated using ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and shall not penalize or reward a student based on the religious content of a student’s work.”
Religious expression can also be included in essays, science projects, homework, etc.The bill will disallow any reduction in the student’s score if the content includes religious beliefs.