Ethics

Odessa Case Settled

By Ed Brayton

I'm rather disappointed to announce that the lawsuit over the use of the NCBCPS curriculum in Odessa, Texas has been settled, but it's a rather unusual settlement that raises the possibility of another suit taking place later. Basically the settlement says that the school will stop using the NCBCPS curriculum, but will not stop teaching the class; the settlement requires them to develop their own curriculum. It begins:

A Committee will be formed by the ECISD staff with the charge to develop an original curriculum to teach a Bible Course as per Texas state law, § 28.011, "Elective Courses on the Bible's Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament and Their Impact on the History and Literature of Western Civilization"

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).