The Texas House will today hold its first floor hearing for Senate Bill 14. If passed, the legislation would ban healthcare for transgender youth in Texas, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. […]
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Students Need Trained Counselors, Not Chaplains
By Elizabeth Ledford (she/her), MS, LPC. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas, I’m speaking out against HB 3614, which would let schools replace counselors with chaplains. […]
Proposed Legislation Would Blur Line of Separation of Church and State in Texas Schools
The Texas State House Committee on Public Education today voted House Bill 3614 out during a formal meeting. The bill would allow school districts to hire chaplains instead of professional school counselors to perform school counseling duties. […]
TX Senate Bill 8 Would Decimate Public Education in Texas, Attacks LGBTQIA+ Families and Educators
The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs today will hear Senate Bill 8, an omnibus bill that seeks to divert public funds to private schools, censor educational content and programming across all grade levels, and allow school districts to impose fees and costs on parents who bring administrative complaints. […]
Texas Freedom Network Denounces Legislative Effort to Ban Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2023 CONTACT: Emily Witt (she/hers), emily@tfn.org AUSTIN, Texas – The House Committee on Public Education spent six hours Tuesday night hearing a bill that would completely ban or restrict materials in public school libraries by creating a vague and undefined rating system with multiple levels of review by several state […]