{"id":228,"date":"2026-06-26T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:11:02","slug":"bible-passages-will-soon-be-required-reading-for-millions-of-texas-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Bible Passages Will Soon Be Required Reading for Millions of Texas Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Texas State Board of Education directive will require more than 5 million students in the Lone Star state to read portions of the Bible and other classic pieces of literature in K-12 English and literature classes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=226\">John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Information, Faces Five-Year Prison Sentence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new directive is the state\u2019s latest attempt to bring Christian ideals into the public school classroom, following a push last year to require classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. That policy was challenged in federal court, but was ultimately upheld.<\/p>\n<p>The new reading lists, implemented by the GOP-controlled state board of education,\u00a0will officially go into effect beginning in the 2030-2031 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Titles added to the reading lists include: Charles Dickens\u2019s <em>Great Expectations<\/em>, parables from the New Testament, as well as <em>The Inferno<\/em> by Dante Alighieri. Other required reading includes great speeches from throughout American history, works by William Shakespeare, and <em>Animal Farm<\/em> by George Orwell, according to the Texas State Board of Education .<\/p>\n<p>The required reading must be completed \u201cin its entirety,\u201d according to the proposal. This new mandate is extending a 2023 Texas state law requiring at least one state education board-approved piece of literature be taught, per grade level.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in elementary school, students will be required to read picture books depicting the story of David and Goliath. The Bible teachings continue through the high school level, with students reading portions of the Book of Job and the story of Adam and Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=224\">Iran, Egypt Slated to Play \u2018Pride Match\u2019 in Seattle Despite Government Objections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics of the mandate argue no other religions are represented in the new required reading lists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that it\u2019s disturbing that there are no texts from other religious traditions that are included,\u201d Frank Strong, a teacher and co-founder of the student advocacy group Texas Freedom to Read, told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters, however, cite the Christian tradition\u2019s connection to the American founding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to focus on what our nation was founded on and not apologize for that,\u201d Susan Perez, founder of Citizens for Education Reform, said during her testimony to the education board this week. \u201cIt is the truth and we should not be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhousingtransition.com\/?p=222\">Among Trump\u2019s True Believers on the National Mall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Texas State Board of Education directive will require more than 5 million students in the Lone Star state to read portions of the Bible and other classic pieces of literature in K-12 English and literature classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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