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State board member briefs Katy ISD trustees on Bluebonnet learning materials as public debate continues
Summary
A State Board of Education committee chair updated trustees on the Bluebonnet open‑education curriculum under statewide review; public commenters both endorsed and opposed the materials, particularly religious-content lessons.
The Katy ISD board received an update on Bluebonnet — a set of state-produced, open‑education instructional materials — from State Board of Education (SBOE) Committee on Instruction chair Audrey Young on Monday, as parents and students filled the meeting room to argue for and against the set of materials under review.
Young said House Bill 1605 directed the state to develop open-education resources (OER) and that Bluebonnet materials are now undergoing Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) for possible district use in 2025–26. She described the materials as “100% TEKS aligned” and said the materials provide deep teacher guides, integrated knowledge-and-skill strands and a modular,…
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