Written for The Texas Observer legislative blog "Floor Pass."
Many Texas public school districts continue to teach Bible courses with “blatant religious bias” and sometimes even discredited urban Bible myths, according to a report released Wednesday afternoon by the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund. This is despite legislation passed in 2007 requiring the State Board of Education to set “academically and legally sound” course guidelines and require training for all K-12 religious course teachers. Now the group wants lawmakers to spend more money on training public school teachers who lead classes on the Bible. Read the rest.