Pennsylvania state lawmakers are in the process of repealing a law that bans teachers from wearing religious emblems in the classroom. The current bill aims to repeal Section 1112 of the Public School Code of 1949 stating that no teacher is allowed to wear a dress, mark, emblem or insignia that would indicate a specific religion when teaching students, and any teacher who is found to have violated the law is subjected to suspension for an entire year. State senators in the Senate Education Committee (SEC) voted Tuesday to move the Protecting the First Amendment Right to Freedom of Religious Expression bill forward to the state Senate to be voted on in the General Assembly, according to The Morning Call.
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