There will be no Bible class for students in the Cape Henlopen School District.
The Board of Education split 3-to-3 on whether to move ahead with a proposal for such a class based on the Bible Literacy Project that looks at the Bible’s impact on history, art and literature.
Voting for the proposal were Spencer Brittingham, Jennifer burton and Sandi Minard.
Against were Roni Posner, Andy Lewis and Sara Wilkinson.
Board member Nobly Prettyman did not attend the meeting.
Board president Brittingham said that if Prettyman favors the course or if others opposed to it changed their minds he would put the issue back on the agenda for the next meeting.
Superintendent Robert Fulton did not favor such as class expressing concerns about who would teach the course.
Fulton said it was too easy to cross constitutional lines even with a lot of training for the class.
