(The Hill) — Texas gave final approval Friday to optional biblical lesson plans for kindergarten through ... are not required to implement the curriculum — but would receive an additional ...

In the newly approved kindergarten materials ... Religious scholars who have reviewed the lesson plans say the curriculum appears to try to place an outsized emphasis on the Bible.

The board of education approved the new state-written lesson plans in November. The Bluebonnet curriculum covers kindergarten through 5th grade mathematics, reading, middle school math and algebra.