Texas Senate bill seeks to strip required lessons on people of color and women from “critical race theory” law Texas Tribune Updated: Tags: The empty entryway of Judson High School on Aug. 11, 2020, in Converse. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas lawmakers have filed at least three bills targeting how racism, current events and the country’s founding principles are taught in K-12 schools — including a senate bill that would strip out upcoming requirements that students learn white supremacy is “morally wrong” and study particular writings by women and people of color.