Bible Classes in Public Schools?

Georgia is requiring their public schools to come up with Old and New Testament history and literature classes as electives (story here). They are not allowed to bring religion into it though (what?). They are to teach it as a history or literature study only. How can it be taught as a history unless it is accepted as true?

State Sen. Kasim Reed...was troubled that the department would not provide a list of suggested reading materials — other than the Bible, which the law states must be the "basic text" — and had not worked with legal scholars to develop the courses.

"We never believed that this was something ... that you could do easily because of the constitutional issues," Reed said. "But we believe at the end of the day that the value in exposing our young people to this was worth it.

So they are trying to teach religion in school--at least "exposing our young people" to it. But what about Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, and every other religion out there (or lack thereof). Doesn't that mean they have to teach classes on them also? Do we want just anyone teaching all these things? It might be better to teach these things in an atmosphere where we can oversee what our children are being taught and choose the teachers ourselves.