Elementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts lessons with teachings on the Bible, marking the latest push by Texas Republicans to put more Christianity in public schools.
The Texas Education Agency released the thousands of pages of educational materials this week. They have been made available for public viewing and feedback and, if approved by the State Board of Education in November, will be available for public schools to roll out in August of 2025. Districts will have the option of whether to use the materials, but will be incentivized to do so with up to $60 per student in additional funding.
Why can they opt to use them? How does this work down there can you just teach whatever you want? Isn’t there some kind of federal mandate on what needs to be taught and what can’t be taught? Or is it just every state in school can do whatever the heck it wants down there?
Yes, each state has its own board of education, and those bodies set the curriculum for each state. It’s absolutely insane.