A new state curriculum was proposed that would teach Christian Bible stories as historical fact to kindergarten and first-grade students.
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The Michael Berry ShowAug 18, 2026
The sources show a state-written curriculum (Bluebonnet Learning) with Bible stories, including explicit biblical content for kindergartners, and a state reading list that begins with Bible stories in first grade, both proposed before and approved by August 2026.
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… Well, now he says, now he says, putting the Ten Commandments on the walls of the schools and teaching the Bible to young people, that is deeply immoral. One is maybe the most insidious. It was a new state curriculum that would teach Christian Bible stories as historical fact, as the only truth, to our youngest students. I mean, kindergarten, first graders. These are kids who aren't able to think for themselves yet. They haven't formed their own world views, and push propaganda, to push indoctrination, on those youngest students is deeply immoral. …
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Supports. The Texas Education Agency's state-developed Bluebonnet Learning curriculum includes Bible stories and was approved for K-5 use, with a critic stating it has explicit biblical instruction for even kindergartners.[2]
Supports. The state Board of Education approved a required reading list with Bible stories, with picture-book stories for elementary students and a first-grade Bible reading, though it begins in 2030 and excludes kindergarten.[1][3][4]
Supports. A Times analysis and a 74 review found the state curriculum includes history lessons on Jesus and the Bible, and scholars said it offers a decidedly Christian interpretation of history.[5][6]
Contradicts. State education leaders said the lessons do not include explicit religious instruction and reference religious texts only 'when contextually relevant for historical and literary value,' which cuts against reading the stories as presented as fact.[5]
Context. Talarico's 2025 characterization that the curriculum would teach Bible stories 'as historical fact, as the only truth' is repeated by coverage in August 2026 but is not independently verified by the sources.[7][8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 7 not rated
- 1Texas board approves required Bible reading in public schoolsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Texas school board approves optional curriculum that incorporates ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3See Texas' Bible-infused reading list as comments open ahead of votedallasnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Bible stories would be part of a new Texas public schools reading ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Inside Texas' new Bible-infused school curriculumseattletimes.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 6Bible-Infused Curriculum Sparks Texas-Sized Controversy Over ...the74million.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Ted Cruz, conservatives respond after Talarico criticizes Bible-related education in schools as 'propaganda' - AOLaol.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8James Talarico Calls Use of Bible Education in Schools 'propaganda'beliefnet.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9‘Office' star says James Talarico's religious beliefs ‘achingly close' to Jesus Christwfmd.com · not rated · cited for: context
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