A bible club at a Nevada middle school will no longer be led by pastors, thanks to FFRF. A parent of a Bob Miller Middle School student contacted FFRF after reading the club’s description in the yearbook: “Pastors come to the club every Tuesday and teach the students morals mentioned in the bible.”
“It is illegal for public schools to allow adults to lead religious instruction on school property during the school day,” wrote FFRF Legal Fellow Madeline Ziegler in a July 21 letter to the Clark County School District. The Equal Access Act forbids adult participation in student religious clubs.
General Counsel Carlos L. McDade told FFRF on Aug. 2 that administrators were “reminded that the bible club must be student-led and that the club must not be directed, conducted, controlled, or regularly attended by nonschool persons.”
