The Boone County School Board on Thursday let a motion die that would have approved off-campus Bible classes during the school day for students in the Kentucky district.
The decision involving LifeWise, an Ohio-based Christian nonprofit that provides the classes, follows a November vote against the classes in Kenton County. Oldham County voted against the classes in October, but McCracken approved them in September.
Barbara Brady, a spokesperson for Boone County Public Schools, said the motion died because it was not seconded. The board of education had already stated their reasons at last month’s board meeting for why they were not adopting a policy for moral instruction, she said…