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There is a lot of interest in education policy. Today’s One Click Survey gauges your thoughts on how lawmakers should approach the issue in the coming legislative session.

Here is the Texas Minute for Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan

County Bans Automatic Deduction Of Union Dues North Texas’ Collin County will no longer deduct union dues from employees’ paychecks, implementing a grassroots GOP policy goal that Republicans at the state level have failed to deliver. Erin Anderson has the details [[link removed]].

Texas is one of only a handful of states that collects union dues from the paychecks of its public employees. Collin County officials say employees are free to participate in outside associations, but the county will no longer act as a dues collection agency.

The county’s new policy aligns with the Republican Party of Texas platform [[link removed]], which calls for the state to “prohibit governmental entities from collecting dues for labor unions through deductions from public employee paychecks.”

“We aren’t stopping anyone from contributing to those organizations that provide valuable representation,” said Collin County Commissioner Darrell Hale. “Those that feel they are getting their money’s worth can go ahead and donate.” 38 Counties Declare Border Invasion Waller County became the 38th county to declare an invasion at the southern border with Mexico, and urged Gov. Greg Abbott to take decisive action. Sydnie Henry reports [[link removed]] this happened just as new numbers from the federal government show that the 2022-2023 fiscal year is on track to see 2 million illegal border crossers.

The National Border Patrol Council says this flood of illegals could be stopped… if President Joe Biden chose to do so.

Texas counties [[link removed]] that have declared an invasion include: Kinney, Goliad, Terrell, Parker, Wise, Edwards, Atascosa, Presidio, Tyler, Live Oak, Rockwall, Johnson, Wilson, Hardin, Chambers, Ellis, Orange, Liberty, Throckmorton, Madison, Jasper, Van Zandt, Wichita, Clay, Jack, Hunt, Montague, Hood, Wharton, Burnet, Collin, McMullen, Hamilton, Lavaca, Ector, Leon, Navarro, and now Waller. A SCORECARD INVESTIGATION: Targeting Kids

Texas Scorecard’s investigative team has released a series of reports on the burgeoning industry developed around targeting young children for “sex change” procedures. As Dr. Andre Van Mol said in the first report [[link removed]], “Fad medicine is bad medicine, and gender anxious people deserve better than the rush to transition.”

The other articles in the series include:

Deep State War On Childhood Innocence [[link removed]]

Forces within state agencies are determined to shield these risky procedures and those who conduct them.

Politicized Practitioners Putting Ideology Over Medical Needs [[link removed]]

“Transgenderism is an ideology, and gender dysphoria is a diagnosis,” explains Dr. Andre Van Mol.

Activist Lawyers Protecting Practitioners From Accountability [[link removed]]

Exposing the law firms fighting for gender mutilation and hormone manipulation of children.

Who Is Protecting Children? [[link removed]]

Grassroots efforts to protect children have led to finger-pointing by lawmakers, the governor’s mansion, and the attorney general’s office.

Tinderholt Wants Legislature to Focus on GOP Priorities As his campaign for speaker of the Texas House gets underway, State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R–Arlington) wants the GOP-dominated chamber to focus on the GOP’s legislative priorities. Brandon Waltens has the report [[link removed]].

In an an interview on The Salcedo Storm [[link removed]] last week, Tinderholt said he believes the Texas GOP’s eight legislative priorities should be adopted by the Legislature. “I think it’s important that every Republican go down to Austin and not try to create their own priorities, but to do what the Republican Party has asked us and what Texas voters have asked for us to do.”

Listen to the interview on the Texas Scorecard website [[link removed]] or your favorite podcasting platform. Yes, Every Vote Matters Proving that every vote matters, a November special election for mayor of a small North Texas town ended in a tie, sending the candidates to a December rematch [[link removed]]. Elisa Beasley and Chad Major are competing in the special runoff to serve as the next mayor of Pilot Point in Denton County.

The mayor’s seat has been vacant since June. Former Mayor Matt McIlravy, who was elected in May, resigned a month later after Dallas police arrested him for online solicitation of a minor under the age of 14, a second-degree felony.

Quote-Unquote

“A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.”

– Texas Constitution

Article 7, Section 1​ [[link removed]]

Number of the Day

5,156,972

Number of students enrolled in Texas’ K-12 government-run public schools in 2022.

[Source: Ballottpedia [[link removed]]]

ONE CLICK SURVEY

For a variety of reasons, and from a variety of perspectives, education is front-and-center in the public debate.

As we approach the start of the 2023 legislative session, which of these comes closest to how you think Texas lawmakers should approach education policy?

Abolish Public Eduction As It Exists Today [[link removed]] Allow Tax Dollars To ‘Fund Students, Not Systems’ [[link removed]] Expand Charter Schools [[link removed]] More Tax Money Into Government Schools [[link removed]] Regulate Home / Private Schools [[link removed]] Ban Home / Private Schooling [[link removed]]

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