The Texas Board of Education on Friday voted to approve a plan requiring students to study Bible stories, affecting roughly 5.5 million public school students, the Associated Press reported.

The state already requires that classrooms display the 10 Commandments, a move that has survived some judicial scrutiny.

Specifically, the plan features a required reading list from elementary school to high school level and features chapters of the Bible. Proponents of the plan argue that it reflects the influence of Christianity in the nation's founding.

Other readings include children's books inspired by Bible stories, influential documents in American history like the Gettysburg Address, prominent poems by American authors, and novels.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.