Officials in Texas on Tuesday backed a new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten. Eight out of 15 state school board members voted to keep the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum on a list of K-5 reading and English language arts materials that could be used for the 2025-26 school year.

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Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal before the state board of education

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade

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Officials in Texas are set to vote Tuesday on a controversial new public school curriculum that incorporates Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten while putting less focus on other faiths.

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Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony Monday and follows Republican-led efforts in other states to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.

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Texas proposal would give public schools the option to use Bible teachings in lessons

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade. The plan advancing Tuesday is the latest Republican-led effort to incorporate more religious teaching into U.S. public school classrooms. The board heard hours of impassioned testimony Monday from t…

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Critics say the curriculum, which would be optional, unfairly promotes Christian beliefs in public schools.

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Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the latest Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. The vote moves the Texas State Board of Education one step closer to signing off on what is known as the “Bluebonnet” tex…

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Texas public elementary schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons under a proposal drawing intense opposition and praise.

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In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, Texas education officials approved a proposal to allow lessons about the Bible into public school classrooms, according to multiple news reports.   The state Board of Education voted 8-7 to adopt standards that would teach biblical lessons to students kindergarten through fifth grade, The New York Times reported.   Critics…

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony Monday and follows Republican-led efforts in other states to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.

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Texas Education Board Backs Elementary School Curriculum With Biblical References

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