FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2017 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is warning that the Texas House’s approval of HB3859 on second reading today would open the door to broad discrimination by child welfare service providers that contract with the state. The House must give final approval on third reading before sending it to […]
Recent Press Releases
Report: Texas Worst in the Nation in Scientifically Unfounded Anti-Abortion Restrictions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2017 This morning the Guttmacher Institute released a report showing that Texas and Kansas top all 50 states in the number of anti-abortion restrictions that are premised on assertions not supported by rigorous scientific evidence. Guttmacher’s press release is online here. The article is online here. Following is a statement […]
TFN Hails Removal of Anti-Evolution Requirements From Texas Public School Science Standards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN – The Texas Freedom Network is hailing the State Board of Education’s final approval today of science curriculum standards that – for the first time in decades – no longer include misleading requirements designed to undermine the teaching of evolution. […]
Texas Freedom Network Statement on Texas State Board of Education Preliminary Vote on Science Standards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to revised science curriculum standards that mostly align with compromise language offered by teachers and scientists on a state-appointed curriculum writing team. If approved on a final vote Friday, the revised standards would largely remove curriculum standards the state board added in 2009 […]
TFN President: It’s Time for the Texas State Board of Education to Listen to Teachers
Board Must Choose Between Anti-Evolution Pressure Group and Texas Teachers […]
