Texas is poised to require millions of students to study Bible stories [View all]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/us/texas-schools-bible-curriculum-vote

Texas is poised to require millions of students to study Bible stories
By Elizabeth Wolfe

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 infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms.

The majority-Republican Texas State Board of Education is expected to vote Friday to pass a measure that would establish Biblical children’s stories and Bible verses as required reading in its K-12 curriculum.

Many of its students are already familiar with at least some Christian teachings: Texas last year became the largest state to require classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, a law recently upheld in federal court.

The new list of required titles would include a picture-book adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and Bible passages about Adam and Eve for older students, among other references.

At the same meeting, the school board will take up a vote to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum, focusing more on Texas and US history and deemphasizing some teachings about global history and cultures. The change would eliminate a sixth grade “World Cultures” course and significantly expand lessons on communism.

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