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Topic: Curriculum

Education groups call for inclusion of more ethnic studies as SBOE works toward new social studies TEKS

Publish Date: April 8, 2022

Texas AFT President Zeph Capo stands at a podium in the lobby of State Board of Education. Behind him is statue art with two children sitting on a book atop a glove and the shape of texas and Texas flag

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Governor panders to false narrative on parental rights, turns his back on addressing the extreme hardships teachers face in Omicron surge

Publish Date: January 21, 2022

Gov. Abbott at table holding microphone with 10 American flags behind him

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Statement on Abbott’s Parents Bill of Rights

Publish Date: January 20, 2022

Man with Greg Abbott at table in front of 10 american flags

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SBOE approves new health and science curriculum, hears info on classroom censorship and a misguided proposal for charter school enrollment

Publish Date: December 3, 2021

Rebecca Bell-Metereau gesticulates at her desk during S-B-O-E

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Social Studies TEKS Review Work Group application

Publish Date: September 17, 2021

Texas flag fill in letters of T-E-K-S

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Legislature adjourns with a good 13th-check bill and several bad bills headed to the governor

Publish Date: September 3, 2021

Speaker Dade Phelan on House Floor

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August 27, 2021: Legislative Update

Publish Date: August 27, 2021

Candis Houston of Aldine A-F-T stands next to a union member from HOPE in the Capitol. Both wear masks.

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State Board of Education meets next week on social studies curriculum revisions

Publish Date: August 27, 2021

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Legislature still running without one chamber, but Senate passes bills on voter suppression, transgender youth sports, and controversial curriculum

Publish Date: August 16, 2021

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New special Session starts with repeated effort to pass bills on voter suppression, ‘critical race theory’

Publish Date: August 9, 2021

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July 19, 2021: With Legislature in limbo, here’s the truth about the 13th check and the ‘critical race theory’ bill

Publish Date: July 19, 2021

Ken Zarifis testifies in the Legislature. He is sitting next to another person at the table and gesturing emphatically.

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Legislative Update: Week of July 5, 2021

Publish Date: July 12, 2021

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Texas AFT represents all non-administrative certified and classified public school employees in the state of Texas. We represent the interests of teachers, counselors, librarians, diagnosticians, custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, nurses, teaching assistants, clerical employees, and the other employees who make our schools work. We also represent employees in universities, colleges, and community and junior colleges.

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