The Texas House could take up its proposal to better prepare for extreme weather as soon as Sunday. The chambers have a little more than a week to wrap up remaining work.
Texas’ divisive bill limiting how students learn about current events and historic racism passed by Senate
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Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School.
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After hours of passionate debate about how Texas teachers can instruct school children about America’s history of subjugating people of color, the state Senate early Saturday morning advanced a new version of a controversial bill aimed at banning critical race theory in public and open-enrollment charter schools.
House Bill 4509 would mandate that students study documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. The bill's author added speeches from Black historical figures after criticism at a hearing last month.
Time runs out on Texas House bill banning gender confirmation health care for kids, but another attempt lives on in the Senate
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Protestors participate in a rally against Anti-Trans legislation at the southern steps of the state Capitol on April 28, 2021.
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Lots of legislation that originated in the Texas House this session faces a key deadline tonight: By midnight Friday, the lower chamber has to grant preliminary approval to such bills that don’t have near-unanimous support.