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Texas Approves Optional Bible-Based Curriculum for Public Schools

Texas' education board approved optional Bible-based teachings for elementary schools, following similar actions in other Republican-led states.
Schools adopting the curriculum will receive additional funding, as stated by the Texas State Board of Education.
The Texas Education Agency developed the materials to comply with a 2023 law, potentially implementing them in classrooms by next school year.

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The Christian Science Monitor

After Oklahoma and Louisiana, Texas will be next to try for Bible lessons in schools

While Bible-based lessons will not be mandatory, schools that incorporate them will receive additional funding. Boosters say the Bible is a core feature of American history, while critics point out the lessons will alienate students from other religions.

4 months ago·Boston, United States

Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum

"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in the same," said one professor.

4 months ago

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americanactionnews.com

Texas Approves Bible Curriculum For Elementary School Students - American Action News

The Texas school board approved a measure Friday allowing lessons on the Bible to be taught in elementary schools. The Texas State Board of Education narrowly approved the measure in a 8-7 vote, allowing schools to optionally implement Bible-based curriculum as soon as 2025, according to NBC News. Schools that choose to teach such lessons will receive additional funds from the state. “The materials

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arkansasadvocate.com

Texas Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum • Arkansas Advocate

Leslie Recine, who was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to temporarily fill a vacant State Board of Education seat, sits at a Friday meeting in Austin during which the board approved a new state curriculum that critics say overemphasizes Christianity. Recine was the deciding vote in approving the curriculum. Abbott appointed Recine to fill the seat through the end of the year, bypassing Democrat Tiffany Clark, who was elected earlier this month to …

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thepatriotlight.com

ThePatriotLight - The Bible Should ‘Absolutely’ Be Taught in Schools as a Cultural and Historical Document

ThePatriotLight - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Bible should be “taught in schools” as a historical document and cultural document. Host Dana Bash said, “I do want to ask about something that’s going on now in the Texas School Board, which voted this week to incentivize public schools to use an optional curriculum that incorporates Bible lessons. It began earlier this year in your home state of …

4 months ago

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Texas education officials approve optional school curriculum that incorporates Bible lessons

Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state's school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.

4 months ago·Sacramento, United States

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