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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadia Lathan

Texas is taking a final vote on allowing Bible-infused lessons in public schools

Texas Schools Religion - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Texas would allow Bible-infused lessons in elementary schools under changes that were set for a final vote Friday and could test boundaries between religion and public education in the U.S.

The proposed curriculum narrowly cleared a preliminary vote this week at the Texas State Board of Education, whose elected members heard hours of sometimes impassioned pleas from both supporters and critics over the material that schools could begin using next year.

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