Updated at noon on Sept. 24 with information about the historical figures taught in kindergarten.

AUSTIN — In an effort to streamline the social studies curriculum in Texas, education officials have voted to cut several historical figures from its lesson plans.

Members of a volunteer work group recommended the cuts. They created a rubric to determine scores for the hundreds of historical figures that kids learn about in social studies classes between kindergarten and high school graduation, based on factors like whether the person had a lasting legacy or represented a diverse perspective.

Last week, the Texas State Board of Education approved more than five dozen figures for deletion. Among those they decided to cut were celebrities and businesspeople like Mary Kay Ash and Oprah Winfrey, historical figures like Helen Keller and John Hancock, and politicians like Hillary Clinton and Barry Goldwater. Some were required to be taught and others were recommended.

Texas teachers have long complained the curriculum is too extensive. For example, kids learn about 70 different historical figures in fourth grade, when they learn Texas history. This is too many to teach in one year, teachers say, forcing students to turn to rote memorization instead of real learning.

Teachers will still be allowed to teach students about the people who are removed, but axing them means they're no longer considered "essential" — either recommended or required — to learn in that course or grade. The deletions will not make their way into Texas social studies textbooks, which were last updated in 2014.

The board will take a final vote on who to cut from the curriculum in November.

In the meantime, The Dallas Morning News has created this searchable database. Here, you can see how each person scored (out of a maximum of 20 points for kindergarten-grade 3 or 21 points for grades 4-12) and whether the board has recommended they be eliminated.