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Buzz of the Week: Should the Bible be taught in Utah public schools?

“I don’t know that other states have done this,” one expert said.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third-grade teacher Cara Cerise hangs up posters in her Rose Park Elementary School classroom before classes start in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third-grade teacher Cara Cerise hangs up posters in her Rose Park Elementary School classroom before classes start in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

Utah just became potentially the first state in the country to require students to read Bible passages in public school as part of their social studies lessons — starting as early as third grade.

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