Texas’ Board of Education will streamline its science standards this summer—here’s what could happen.

From Islam to evolution, the Texas State Board of Education is one of the most consistent combatants in the culture war over what we should teach our children. And this summer, according to documents obtained by Slate, it looks like the conflict is about to reignite.

The last major Texas controversy came in 2014, when the board adopted new history textbooks that tell students that Moses, and biblical law, are the inspiration for the American Constitution. “The roots of democratic government in today’s world—including government in the United States … include elements related to Judeo-Christian philosophy, dating back thousands of years to Old Testament texts and Biblical figures such as Moses and Solomon,” says Pearson’s Magruder Government textbook, which also infers a relationship between Moses and the U.S. Founding Fathers because they both established legal systems.

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