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A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved<\/a> for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the material was introduced to classrooms.<\/p>\n The curriculum in what is known as the \u201cBluebonnet\u201d textbook is among Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Designed by the state\u2019s public education agency, it is optional for schools to adopt, though they receive additional funding if they do so. <\/p>\n Bluebonnet was approved over concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching.<\/p>\n The State Board of Education voted 8-6 Wednesday to approve the changes \u2014 which include correcting factual errors, fixing punctuation and replacing images due to licensing or copyright issues \u2014 after some members questioned the high number of errors.<\/p>\n \u201cMy concern is that we have failed students this school year who have been utilizing this product,\u201d said board member Tiffany Clark, a Democrat.<\/p>\n Aaron Kinsey, the Republican board chair, asked Clark if she was implying that correcting something seemingly trivial like copyright issues could potentially mean that \u201cwe failed our students and they are not going to pass\u201d the state\u2019s annual standardized test administered to public school students.<\/p>\n Clark retorted that something as simple as a typo \u2014 especially in math equations \u2014 can have consequences. \u201cIf we have been teaching incorrectly this is going to have an impact,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n \u201cI understand that some of these errors are minimal, some of them are for clarity and some of them are for accuracy. But still, an error is an error,\u201d said Pam Little, a Republican board member.<\/p>\n Colin Dempsey, a Texas Education Agency official who helps organize the instructional material review process, acknowledged the \u201chigh number of updates\u201d needed but insisted factual errors were \u201cminimal\u201d \u2014 although he did not provide an exact figure. <\/p>\n Board members said more than 4,000 corrections were needed. But Jake Kobersky, spokesperson for the Texas Education Agency, told The Associated Press that approximately 1,900 changes were made and that the figure includes duplicate corrections in the teacher guide, student workbook and other documents. <\/p>\n Kobersky said most changes were \u201cproactive in response to teacher feedback or grammatical fixes, not a result of factual errors.\u201d<\/p>\n