Austin, Texas — Texas education officials approved hundreds of corrections Wednesday to the state’s optional “Bluebonnet” curriculum, a Bible-infused instructional program adopted in 2024 that has drawn national attention and debate.
The State Board of Education voted 8-6 to implement revisions addressing factual mistakes, punctuation issues, and image licensing problems. Board members cited thousands of updates flagged by teachers and reviewers. While some members referenced more than 4,000 corrections, a spokesperson for the Texas Education Agency told the Associated Press that about 1,900 changes were made, including duplicate edits across teacher and student materials.
The curriculum, developed by the state’s public education agency, is optional, though districts that adopt it receive additional funding. As of August, more than 300 school districts and charter schools — roughly a quarter of Texas’s 1,207 districts — indicated plans to use it.
Democratic board member Tiffany Clark expressed concern about the volume of errors, while Republican members emphasized that many revisions were minor. Officials said online materials will be updated within 30 days, though timelines for replacing printed textbooks remain unclear.
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