Oklahoma not necessarily doomed

So, this Oklahoma bill, HB2211, is getting a lot of play. People are claiming it will allow a kid to use "god did it" and pass:

The school would be required to reward the student with a good grade, or be considered in violation of the law. Even simple, factual information such as the age of the earth (4.65 billion years) would be subject to the student’s belief, and if the student answered 6,000 years based on his or her religious belief, the school would have to credit it as correct. Science education becomes absurd under such a situation.

Well, now, I agree that would be Bad, as they say, and I'd be very disinclined to ever hire anyone from Oklahoma - or let them into my college - if that were the case. But I don't think it necessarily is. I think there's plenty of room to fail them. Here's the relevant bit of the actual bill:

Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the school district. Students shall not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious content of their work.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but since this bill says "Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by ordinary academic standards" then you can still flunk the kid who writes "God did it" as his answer. Not because he wrote "God" but because he didn't write whatever he was supposed to.

This seems, really, to be there to allow a student to add "But my religion tells me this answer is false." without failing. That's not good, maybe, but it's not so bad. Could be a lot worse.