Formal AG’S Opinion Rejects Effort to Give the State Board of Education Authority to Set Rules for Local Textbook Adoptions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2015 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office today released a formal opinion saying that the State Board of Education does not have authority under Texas law to set rules for […]
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TEXAS EDUCATION BOARD REJECTS QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEXTBOOK REVIEWERS
Two Days after Rejecting Fact-Check Panels for University Academics, Board Votes Down Proposal to Set Standards for Citizen Reviewers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2015 State Board of Education today rejected a new proposal to set specific criteria for determining whether individuals are qualified to review textbooks submitted for adoption in Texas. Texas Freedom Network […]
Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks
Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks Board Votes 8-7 to Reject Establishing Scholar Panels for Reviewing Proposed Textbooks for Factual Errors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2015 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller had the following statement today following a vote by the State Board of Education against a proposal […]
DEFEAT OF HOUSTON EQUALITY ORDINANCE DAMAGES TEXAS
DEFEAT OF HOUSTON EQUALITY ORDINANCE DAMAGES TEXAS Governor, Lt. Governor Shamefully Pandered to Intolerance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2015 The deceitful, fear-based campaign used to defeat the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance at the polls on Tuesday will seriously damage the reputation of the City of Houston and the State of Texas, Texas Freedom Network […]
TFN STUDENT ACTIVISTS JOIN OCT. 29 VOTER TURNOUT EVENT
TFN STUDENT ACTIVISTS JOIN OCT. 29 VOTER TURNOUT EVENT UH-Downtown Event Seeks to Boost Turnout Among Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2015 Members of the Texas Freedom Network chapter at the University of Houston-Downtown will join student government and other groups at the school on Oct. 29 in a joint effort to get young […]
