SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Grossmont Union High School District board is considering proposed changes to its policy on religious expression in schools in order to better align with recent Supreme Court rulings.

“This motion is to recognize that students’ education would be incomplete without understanding the role of religion in history," said Area 3 trustee Dr. Gary C. Woods during Thursday night's meeting.

There are three different parts to the proposed policy.

The first addresses teacher involvement in student prayer, barring staff from coercing or leading students in religious activities as part of their official duties.

“This to me makes this acceptable and this is why: I don’t want teachers proselytizing in the classroom and I think that existing language until our superintende

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