The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting on revising the Science and Health TEKS is currently underway! Testimony started at 8:00 AM this morning and will likely continue late into the night with a vote on first reading expected on Friday. Our policy experts have already testified once and will continue monitoring and testifying on issues as the hearing progresses today (you can watch the livestream here). Thank you to our 8,000 supporters who have already contacted their SBOE member!
We still need parents and concerned Texans to contact their SBOE member TODAY to protect public school children from radical sex education and politicized science.
At the SBOE meeting in June, leftist LGBTQ and pro-abortion advocacy groups testified against abstinence-focused education and in favor of highly sexualized, pro-LGBTQ propaganda starting in kindergarten.
Thankfully, your engagement and the testimony of our team made a difference. The current draft that is expected to be voted on does not promote radical sex education or contain pro-abortion or pro-LGBTQ propaganda. The draft for first reading is abstinence focused and includes the advantages of abstinence from sexual activity. You can see the current draft of the Health standards here.
We also need concerned Texans to speak out on the Science TEKS as well. Work group members have added the topic of “social justice” throughout the Science TEKS. Introducing social justice, which will open the door to LGBTQ advocacy, does not belong in Science. You can see the Science TEKS here.
Leftist groups like Texas Freedom Network and SIECUS plan to testify for pro-LGBTQ amendments to the final draft of the Health TEKS and in support of further politicization of the Science TEKS. We need as many people as possible to stand up for common sense Health & Science standards by contacting the State Board of Education TODAY!
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