'A Blatant Intrusion:' Texas Parents Fight Against State-Approved Religious Public School Curriculum

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The Bluebonnet Learning curriculum brings Bible-based lessons into elementary classrooms.

Texas parents are speaking out about a state-approved public school curriculum that brings Bible-based lessons into elementary classrooms. This week, at a tense school board meeting in Fort Bend County, parents passionately opposed adopting the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum.

The Texas State Board of Education approved this new curriculum in November, mixing Biblical references into standard English and reading lessons. To encourage adoption, the state is offering districts an incentive of $60 per student.

One parent called the curriculum "a blatant intrusion of religious dogma," according to local news coverage by KHOU. Another insisted that religious teaching belongs at home, saying, "Only parents should decide how their kids learn about religion, especially in public schools."

Another parent highlighted the irony in the current debate over "School Choice," explaining, "We're told vouchers give parents freedom to choose, but this curriculum limits our right to decide what religious ideas our children are exposed to."

https://www.latintimes.com/texas-parents-fight-against-state-approved-religious-public-school-curriculum-578694