The Broward County School District has finally backed down from their ban of the Bible being read by students during “free reading” time.

The school had backed the teacher who told a student that he could not read the Bible in her classroom despite being contacted by multiple legal groups informing the district of the student’s Constitutional right to possess the Bible in the classroom and to read it when students were told to read a book of their choice.

The school then tried to say the problem was that the reading was part of the school’s “Accelerated Reader Program” time and the Bible wasn’t approved.  The school was later found to have been lying because all 66 books of the Bible were approved for ARP.

Now, School Board Deputy General Counsel Marylin Batista-McNamara has informed the Liberty Institute that not only is the Bible approved to be read during the ARP time but also that staff has undergone training regarding the First Amendment rights of students.

The Liberty Institute says they will continue to monitor the situation to make sure the teacher who initiated the problems does not try to repeat their actions.