Texas Values Reveals Austin ISD Using Unauthorized Sex-Ed Curriculum

At a press conference today, Texas Values and Austin area parents released some of their findings from an open records request concerning Austin ISD’s radical new sex education curriculum. Those records revealed Alberta Health Services (AHS), a Canadian abortion provider, did not authorize use of their copyrighted sex education curriculum to Austin ISD. Additionally, this week State Senator Donna Campbell, whose district includes Austin ISD schools, sent her own Public Information Act request to Austin ISD asking them to hand over their communications with the Canadian abortion provider, Alberta Health Services.

According to an email from Alberta Health Services, Austin ISD is using and modifying the Canadian company’s copyrighted materials without authorized permission. Like a student cheating to pass a class, Austin ISD confiscated Alberta Health Services copyrighted material just so the curriculum could ‘pass’ at the Board of Trustees meeting. Based on this information, it appears Austin ISD could be in violation of copyright laws in addition to continued concerns related to transparency, parental rights violations, and new state law SB 22, authored by Senator Donna Campbell. The Stand Up for Children ATX coalition also announced a Sex-Ed Sit Out will take place on May 19, 2020.

Texas Primary Voters Guide Available Now

This week, Texas Values Action announced the launch of its Voters Guide for the March 3, 2020 Republican Primary Election at FreeVotersGuide.com. Primary elections in Texas are often the most important election that will play the deciding role in who will represent our values in elected office. And with less than 20% of eligible voters usually voting in a primary, every primary vote can carry more weight than during the November General Election. Early voting starts next Tuesday!

Texas Values Action’s 2020 Texas Primary Voters Guide, powered by iVoterGuide, is the most comprehensive statewide voters guide in Texas! Please help spread the word by sharing the Free Voters Guide resources with your church and with your family and friends. Please join us in making a difference for the future of our state and country by voting informed and challenging others to do the same!