More religious liberty in Ohio

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

There is nothing in the bill about willful ignorance.  What it says is that students' work won't be graded differently because of religious content. As long as they get the answer right, it won't change their grade if they sprinkle in words like 'Jehovah' or 'salvation' or 'nirvana'.  And - equally importantly - it won't change their grade if they don't include such words.

A right answer is a right answer irrespective of religious content.

Boru

But will religious content be taken into account by the people doing the grading? This appears to give them an opening.

No. The law specifically prevents them from doing so.  The can neither reward nor punish a student for religious content. In fact, in the Snopes article, a hypothetical is given.  Suppose a student turns in an essay in biology class, claiming that the Earth is 10 000 years old and dinosaurs lived with people and all the other creationists nonsense.  That student WOULD receive a lower grade, because the essay doesn't reflect what's being taught in class.

Boru