The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading for Texas public school children.

A new proposal would include Bible stories in required reading lists for more than 5 million public school students in Texas.

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The state Board of Education, controlled by Republicans, is on the verge of requiring millions of students in Texas to study Bible stories.

The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible.

Texas is on the verge of mandating more than 5 million of its public school students to study Bible stories, as the state emerges as a leader in a national conservative effort to…

The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible

The State Board of Education is poised to vote on a measure that would require Bible stories be read by public school students.

The reading list will take effect starting in 2030.

Critics say mandating Bible reading for over 5m students breaches constitutional separation of church and state

About 5 million kids in K-12 schools will be reading from Bible passages within a few years.

The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading for Texas public school children.

La medida ha desatado un debate sobre la diversidad y la separación entre Iglesia y Estado

Il Consiglio per l'istruzione del Texas ha approvato un nuovo e ampio elenco di letture a livello statale che, per la prima volta, renderà obbligatoria la lettura di brani tratti…

Il Consiglio per l'istruzione del Texas ha approvato un nuovo e ampio elenco di letture a livello statale che, per la prima volta, renderà obbligatoria la lettura di brani tratti…

This move expands conservative efforts to embed Christian teachings within American classrooms

Texas education officials have approved a plan that will require public school students to read selected Bible passages as part of their classroom instruction beginning in the…

The rollout will be staggered, starting with elementary school students in 2030.

The reading list won't take effect until 2030 for elementary school students, with the higher grades to follow.

“That’s government-sponsored religious favoritism—and the First Amendment strictly forbids it," said one critic.

Critics say such decisions are at odds with the Constitution’s ‘establishment clause’, long understood as separating church and state.