The Texas State Board of Education will decide on allowing the use of textbooks for elementary school students that include stories from the Bible.
The final vote will be held on Friday after the 15-member board opted to move forward with the plan by an 8-7 vote.The Bluebonnet Learning curriculum, proposed by the Texas Education Agency, covers kindergarten through fifth grade and has some lessons that incorporate well-known Bible stories. The resources were initially presented to the State Board of Education in the summer but have since been revised after analysts found that they relied too heavily on religion in their teachings.
And there's a study section on poetry that mentions the Book of Psalms. Critics argue the optional teaching materials blur the line between the separation of church and state.Supporters say the materials are not limited to Judeo-Christian texts and can have current world operations."Does it work? Well, I have a school district, a district in my SBOE district that did it, and I went and watched it. I watched it.
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