The state-created and optional curriculum comes as many states are pushing biblical education in public schools

Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.

Four days before the Nov. 5 election, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Republican Leslie Recine to temporarily fill the State Board of Education’s District 13 seat. Weeks later, the board moved one step closer to approving a new state curriculum heavily infused with biblical teachings.