Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.

The Republican-led Texas Board of Education has narrowly approved a Bible-based curriculum that will be optional for students in elementary schools starting in the next academic year. Friday’s 8–7 vote acts as the final stamp of approval on a religious lesson plan that teaches K–5 students about Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount message and the Good Samaritan parable,