Bible elective courses pass Texas State Board of Education 10-5

Austin—In response to the Texas State Board of Education’s (10-5) vote to approve curriculum standards and TEKS (requirements) for Bible electives offered in Texas high schools, Free Market Foundation’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Jonathan Saenz states:

“Elective Bible courses now have the final green light from the SBOE and Texas has now gained an academic advantage.”

Jonathan Saenz helped pass Rep. Warren Chisum’s bill (H.B. 1287) requiring school districts to offer Bible electives, and testified before the SBOE in favor of the proposed curriculum standards and TEKS, just now approved by the SBOE.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott affirmed the constitutionality of these standards and proposed TEKS in a letter to the SBOE last week.

“There was some token opposition from enemies of academic freedom, but at the end of the day, the SBOE followed the Attorney General's opinion and made the right decision,” said Saenz.

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Reprinted from Texas Insider.org.