REQUIRING BIBLE IN SCHOOLS

Initiative measure amending Section 8 of Article IX of Constitution. Forbids appropriating public money for support of sectarian or denominational schools or those not exclusively controlled by public school officers; prohibits teaching sectarian or denominational doctrines, directly or indirectly, in public schools; authorizes purchase, with public funds, and use of Holy Bible therein, requiring copy thereof in every public school library and classroom: permits daily study thereof in school and reading therefrom by teacher, without comment, but requiring no pupil to read or hear it read, contrary to wishes of parent or guardian