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Texas approved a Bible-based curriculum for public schools

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The Texas State Board of Education approved a Bible -based curriculum for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Texas schools will not be forced to use the curriculum, but those that do will be rewarded with extra funding, up to $60 per student.

Proponents of including the Bible in public classrooms argue that doing so doesn't violate the Constitution .

In June , Oklahoma ’s superintendent for public instruction mandated that all public schools must begin teaching the Bible .

In Louisiana , the GOP -led legislature passed a law in June requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments.

A federal judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional and that school boards do not have to enforce it.

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