Religion & Law

Texas Board of Education Leaves Bible Curriculum Wide Open
Despite a law requiring the Texas Education Board to develop a constitutionally sound curriculum for a new Bible-based public education course, the Board Friday chose to offer only the broadest direction to the state's school systems...

Trouble In Texas: State School Board Members Push Biased Bible Class
Forget about what the law says, some Texas school board members think they know better. The Houston Chronicle reports that several Texas Board of Education members are pushing Texas schools to teach a curriculum drafted by the North Carolina-based National Council on Bible Curriculum In Public Schools (NCBCPS)...

Texas AG Opinion on State Bible Curriculum Solves...Little
Texas' Attorney General Greg Abbott has approved as constitutional the vague Bible curriculum standards offered by the State Board of Education, according to the Houston Chronicle. "By this letter we conclude that courses taught in accordance with applicable Texas law...

Texas Subcommittee Approves Bible Curriculum
The Austin American-Statesman reports that a subcommittee of the Texas Board of Education approved a Bible course curriculum 3-1 over the objections of religious freedom advocates. The entire Board will now take up the matter, presumably today...

Four Texas School Board Members Urge Controversial Bible Curriculum
Last summer, the Texas State Board of Education approved only general guidelines for elective courses on the impact of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament on the History and Literature of Western Civilization...

Texas Education Board Under Fire
A Houston Chronicle editorial over the weekend warns against the lack of guidance the Texas Board of Education is offering to school districts charged with developing Bible-related courses...

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Dumb Texas Laws
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Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Wrong Bus
Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot.

Texas Employment Law
alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.

Texas' KB Home Hit with Price Fixing Class Action
Texas' KB Home Faces Price Fixing Class-Action

BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act
BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act