DENVER (AP) _ A Colorado lawmaker wants to make sure that students and teachers can express their religious beliefs in public schools. State Sen. Dave Schultheis is proposing that the state education board draft two religious bills of rights — one for students and parents and one for teachers and school employees — and that schools post them prominently.

The students’ bill of rights would state that students can express religious beliefs in homework assignments, exchange greeting cards with religious themes and sing religious songs in school-sponsored programs. Teachers would have the right to refuse to teach a topic that violates their beliefs.