In late June, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) set controversial new curriculum requirements for the state's public schools, which educate approximately 5. 5 million students.

Alongside further curtailing of cultural, ethnic, and geographic diversity, the new requirements mandate the teaching of Bible passages in Texas public schools.

Though widely discussed in various media outlets, coverage of this last mandate has failed to fully grasp how it will shape students, future voters, and democracy alongside Texas' already highly politicized public school curriculum.