The Republican-led Texas State Board of Education is on the verge of approving optional biblical teachings in the Lone Star State’s public school curriculum.
On Tuesday, a majority of the board’s 15 members signaled support for Bluebonnet Learning, an elementary school curriculum that includes Christian teachings and biblical references, The Texas Tribune reported. The board will officially vote on the curriculum on Friday.
If approved, Texas school districts would be offered a financial incentive to adopt it, and the curriculum would become optional for 2.3 million public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade, beginning in August 2025. The curriculum includes lessons on the biblical accounts of Jesus’ parables of “The Good Samaritan” and the “Golden Rule.”
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott backed the curriculum in a statement, saying that it will “allow our students to better understand the connection of history, art, community, literature and religion on pivotal events like the signing of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Movement and the American Revolution,” The New York Times reported. Board members in support of the curriculum also said that it would help students improve their reading and “cultural literacy.”
“In my view, these stories are on the education side and are establishing cultural literacy,” Republican State Board of Education member Will Hickman said. “And there’s religious concepts like the Good Samaritan and the Golden Rule and Moses that all students should be exposed to.” […]
— Read More: www.dailywire.com
