Texas Will Require 5 Million Kids to Study the Bible. You Can Opt Out — but Your Child Can Still Be Tested on It.

Texas voted to put Bible stories into the required reading curriculum for 5.5 million public-school students. Parents can opt a child out of the lessons — but the state admits the child can still be tested on it, including on the standardized STAAR exams. For the ~1 in 3 Texas families who aren’t Christian, that leaves no real way out.