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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 The Texas education board will vote Friday on a required reading list<\/a> for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible passages<\/a>, widening conservative efforts to push Christian teachings in U.S. classrooms.<\/p>\n

The proposal in Texas \u2014 which would mandate literary works such as Charles Dickens\u2019 \u201cGreat Expectations\u201d alongside parables from the New Testament \u2014 has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of its kind in the nation.<\/p>\n

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