Texas becomes first state to mandate students read the Bible in public school – Houston Chronicle
Texas’ Republican-led board of education approved Bible-infused school standards on Friday.
The State Board of Education gave the final greenlight to Bible-infused school standards on Friday after months of intense debate, enshrining Christianity as part of classroom instruction for all 5.5 million students in Texas public schools.
The Republican-led board cemented a new required reading list for every grade level on Friday with a 9-5 vote and then passed a rewrite of the state’s social studies requirements for kindergarten to eighth grade. Biblical concepts and figures are embedded in both plans, which are among the most aggressive efforts to mandate the teaching of Christianity in the country.
