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

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 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

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.

The Texas Board of Education has approved mandated reading lists for public school students that include passages from the Bible, the latest effort by leaders there to infuse the…

Texas aprobó el primer plan de estudios estatal que obliga a millones de alumnos a leer fragmentos de la Biblia.Los cruces por la separación de la Iglesia y el Estado.

Education board decision fuels debate over where teaching about religion ends and religious instruction begins