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The Texas State Board of Education has approved the use of Bible-based lessons in public elementary schools.. Officials voted 8-7 on the measure during a hearing in Austin on Friday. The new ...
School districts can choose their own lesson plans, but the state will offer an incentive of $60 per student to districts that adopt the lessons Texas State Board of Education approves Bible ...
Schools would be able to choose to use it starting in the '25-'26 school year. Developed by the Texas Education Agency earlier this year, the curriculum introduces Bible-based lessons, such as the ...
Supporters of the curriculum argued that the Bible is a core feature of American history and teaching it will enrich students’ learning. “It is said that there are close to 300 common-day phrases that actually come from the Bible,” said Mary Castle, director of government relations for Texas Values, a right-leaning advocacy group.
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 controversy now coming to light is not so much that religion is discussed in public schools, but that the proposed material heavily focuses on Christianity.
The author found that, under the three legal tests used by the Supreme Court to determine the legality of Bible courses, the NCBCPS curriculum was "unfit for use in public school classrooms," while the Bible Literacy Project's curriculum "comports with constitutional standards, thus making it a viable alternative to the NCBCPS curriculum."
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.. A slim ...