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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Jaden Edison

1 in 4 Texas school districts sign up for new Bible-infused curriculum

A desk is distanced six feet apart from other desks at Premont Ernest H. Singleton Early College Academy on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 in Premont. When the school reopened in June, students held hula hoops around themselves in line to maintain a socially safe distance from each other.
More than 300 school districts have indicated they will adopt Texas' Bluebonnet curriculum, according to data obtained by The Texas Tribune. The reading and social studies lessons in the state-designed curriculum have faced criticism for their heavy emphasis on Christianity. (Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune)

More than 300 Texas school districts and charter schools have signaled plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that attracted national attention last year for its heavy references to the Bible and Christianity, according to data obtained by The Texas Tribune.

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