Senate Bill 12’s supporters say DEI programs use class time and public funds to promote political agendas. The proposal could ...

Senate Bill 12 would ban teaching gender identity and sexual orientation, while requiring parents to opt their children into sex education.

Texas GOP lawmakers exit the 2025 legislative session having taken care of their top two education priorities: private school ...

Speaker Burrows has consistently opposed DEI initiatives in Texas public institutions—most notably by voting for and helping pass Senate Bill 17, the landmark legislation prohibiting DEI in ...

Texas becomes latest state to push for political control over ‘woke’ universities - The legislation marks the latest effort ...

In 2023, the Texas Legislature banned DEI offices ... Supporters of the legislation have argued DEI policies in schools are ineffective and wasteful. “It’s clear these programs are already ...

An agenda driven by conservative priorities, schools’ financial duress and teacher needs led to an $8.5 billion boost, new ...

Both of those were landmark pieces of legislation signed by President ... Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune The anti-DEI push: “It divides us” Some DEI critics say the framework ...

who helped author the model legislation that states, including Texas, mirrored in their DEI bans. He added that requiring courses related to DEI is usually done through an ideological slant.

“That is core to our identity.” This year, legislation aims to prevent DEI in curriculum and research. The AAUP’s Texas Conference and the Texas American Federation of Teachers named 16 bill ...

The wide-ranging education bill, Senate Bill 12, cleared its final hurdles before heading to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, after ...

Both of those were landmark pieces of legislation signed by ... were going toward “discriminatory DEI practices.” Gary Bledsoe, president of Texas’ chapter of the NAACP, said the rhetoric ...