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Article: Texas ed. board rejects religious right attempt to alter science texts.(People & Events)
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- Church & State
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- December 1, 2003
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The Texas State Board of Education voted 11-4 to approve a series of biology textbooks in early November, rejecting arguments by Religious Right groups that the books were not suitable for use in state schools because of their favorable treatment of evolution.
The board action means that the books, estimated to cost at least $30 million, will be available for use in Texas schools by the 2004-05 school year. Religious Right activists on the board argued unsuccessfully that the texts should be voted on one at a time, but the proposal was overturned, and all of the books were approved at the same time.
Board members have been debating the issue for months ...