Unless I'm missing something (always possible), I don't think the thread title accurately describes what this bill does. It's just that if, say, a student is asked how old the earth is and they give the right answer, but also add "however, for religious reasons, I personally believe it to be 6,000 years old for religious reasons" then they won't get docked points for including the second part along with the scientifically correct answer. If was asked the approximate age of the earth and only said "it's 6,000 years and I'm saying this for religious reasons," then they'd still lose points.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I still think this is a silly and unnecessary bill. I also don't particularly care for the folks championing it. That said, I also think this really looks like a case of some news outlets deliberately sensationalizing a fairly run-of-the-mill dumb virtue signaling bill because they [said outlets] saw a chance to turn this into some easy click-bait.
The part of the bill causing the controversy (with the most important part bolded for emphasis): "No school district...shall prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of homework, artwork, or other written or oral assignments. Assignments, grades, and scores will be calculated using ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance, including any legitimate pedagogical concerns, and shall not penalize or reward a student based upon the religious content of a student's work."
Yep.
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1195084051578642432?s=20
