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It’s not a done deal but it’s close. The Texas Senate passed a bill that limits the teaching of critical race theory in public schools and open-enrollment charter schools. House Bill 3979 was reworked in the Senate and passed on Saturday. It now goes back to the House where it is expected to be approved. If not, a conference committee comprised of members of both the House and Senate will be called to settle any differences.
The bill has been described as controversial by its opponents. The Senate passed it in an 18-13 vote, strictly along party lines. There is no specific mention of critical race theory but the bill does address how teachers may teach civics in the classroom beginning with the 2022-23 school year. The bill requires “the State Board of Education to develop new state standards for civics education with a corresponding teacher training program.”
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After hours of passionate debate about how Texas teachers can instruct school children about America s history of subjugating people of color, the state Senate early Saturday morning advanced a new version of a controversial bill aimed at banning critical race theory in public and open-enrollment charter schools.
Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, introduced a reworked version of House Bill 3979 that also requires the State Board of Education to develop new state standards for civics education with a corresponding teacher training program to start in the 2022-23 school year. The Senate approved the bill in an 18-13 vote over opposition from educators, school advo
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A proposed house bill would limit social studies teachers from talking about controversial issues, or current events.
House Bill 3979, authored by republican Rep Steve Toth, would limit discussions on anything promoting that certain people or groups are inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive based on their race or sex.
One McAllen college student says the real problem with our history curriculum is the lack of positive coverage of minorities. When people would say, ‘Well, there aren t many black people in the Valley, this isn t relevant,’ I didn t really know that it wasn t true,” Natalie Glasper said. “We really want to discuss the contributions of minorities to science, law, medicine, etc.