The Texas State Board of Education authorized school districts to purchase a textbook with state monies that has been ridiculed from coast to coast in the national news media, denounced in the United States Congressional Record, and blamed for abysmal math scores in California.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026