Texas education officials on Tuesday backed a new elementary school curriculum that infuses material drawn from the Bible into reading and language arts lessons, a contentious move that would test the ...

(CNN) — Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday. A slim ...

Bible on a school desk in a classroom. The State Board of Education on Friday, Nov. 22, approved reading curriculum for public elementary schools that has received backlash for including lessons based ...

Starting this fall, a Bible-influenced curriculum approved by the State Board of Education last November will be allowed in Texas public elementary schools. The lessons could reach as many as 7,000 ...

The Texas State Board of Education will hold a final vote on the curriculum on Friday, Nov. 22. plherrera/Getty Images The Texas State Board of Education is set to approve a reading curriculum for ...