The following is the text of an amendment to the budget bill pending before the North Carolina General Assembly:

NO FUNDING FOR REQUIRED COURSES ON ONE RELIGION
        SECTION 9.5A. No state funds or overhead receipts may be expended by a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina to offer for entering freshman students prior to their first semester for credit or otherwise any course or summer reading program in any religion unless all other known religions are offered in an equal or incremental way. This section is not intended to interfere with academic freedom, but to ensure that all religions are taught in a non-discriminatory fashion.

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