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'I'm anticipating a repeat of last fall' | Growing concerns about upcoming school year due to mask rules, vaccination rates among kids


That s something even Julio Ochoa’s vaccinated children still plan to do.
I believe that we should be wearing the mask, Ochoa said. You should be wearing the mask if you’re vaccinated or not.”
That’s exactly what the American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending kids do in the classroom. It s something a number of districts also plan to recommend in the new school year. Existing hand-washing and sanitizing protocols put into place amid the pandemic will remain as well.
“I’m anticipating a repeat of last fall,” said Houston Federation of Teachers president Jackie Anderson.
Anderson was not optimistic given the rates of vaccinations among eligible students and said those in charge are too focused on making things normal when they’re not. ....

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Texas Senate advances bills limiting education about race, access to abortion-inducing medications. The House is still sidelined.


Texas Senate advances bills limiting education about race, access to abortion-inducing medications. The House is still sidelined.
Texas Tribune
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July 16, 2021 6:33 pm
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Senate on July 14, 2021.
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Even though Texas Democrats have effectively sidelined the state House in hopes of blocking a voting restrictions bill, the Senate is nearing the end of its work on Republican priorities for the special legislative session. On Friday, Senators passed a bill that would strip requirements that students learn white supremacy is “morally wrong,” and another that would ban medically induced abortions after about seven weeks into a pregnancy. ....

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Texas Senate OKs GOP's priority "critical race theory," anti-abortion bills


Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Senate this week. Even though the House can t move legislation because Democratic members fled the state, senators have continued advancing GOP-backed legislation.
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Even though Texas Democrats have effectively sidelined the state House in hopes of blocking a voting restrictions bill, the Senate is nearing the end of its work on Republican priorities for the special legislative session. On Friday, Senators passed a bill that would strip requirements that students learn white supremacy is “morally wrong,” and another that would ban medically induced abortions after about seven weeks into a pregnancy. ....

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