Philadelphia's K-8 public school students are being taught a new literacy curriculum starting in the 2024-2025 school year.
The proposed curriculum is for the state's 2.3 million public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade. It would include lessons from the Bible in reading and language arts textbooks.
If the proposed curriculum passes, school districts in Texas will not be forced to use it, but there will be an incentive of $60 in state funding per student for adopting the new curriculum.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal ... final vote on the measure ...