Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal before the state board of education

Texas education officials on Tuesday voted to support an optional elementary-school curriculum that would include lessons based on the Bible, which opponents say unfairly promotes Christian beliefs in public schools.

Officials in Texas are set to vote this week on a controversial new public school curriculum that incorporates Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten while putting less focus on other faiths.