Parents, educators and activists sound off about a package of bills that would provide public funding for private and religious schooling while prohibiting public school educators from providing instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a rally Tuesday in support of school choice on the steps of the Texas Capitol.AUSTIN, Texas — Glennda Hardin awoke before sunrise and drove an hour from Temple to the state Capitol, her prepared speech folded neatly in her handbag. Hardin, a 73-year-old retired teacher, had never done anything like this before, she said.
, that would prohibit public schools from providing instruction or activities “regarding sexual orientation or gender identity” at all grade levels.Liz Moskowitz for NBC News Anna Smith, a member of the public school board in Leander, an Austin suburb where parents have packed meetings to complain about sexually explicit library books, came to the legislative hearing wearing a pride flag on her lapel. After two years of political attacks on local schools, Smith said she’s worried that those controversies are being used as a pretext to siphon public school funding away.
“We’re forgetting our moral moorings,” said Billingsley, who’s running for a seat on the Northside Independent School District board of trustees in San Antonio. “If they would bring the Proverbs every day into the school like I did with my kids at home, they would be fine.”
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