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Senate education committee adopts substitute for bill on teaching communism; leaves SB24 pending
Summary
The Senate Committee on Education (K-16) adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 24 requiring instruction on the history, tactics and consequences of communist regimes, heard invited and public testimony, and left the bill pending subject to the chair’s call.
At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Education (K-16), members adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 24, which would require Texas schools to provide instruction on the history, tactics and consequences of communist regimes. The committee later left SB24 pending, subject to the call of the chair, and closed public testimony.
Senator Lystra Campbell, the bill’s author, told the committee that "Senate Bill 24 requires that Texas schools provide comprehensive instruction on the history, the tactics, and the consequences of communist regimes, including specific historical events and victim testimonies." Campbell said the substitute changes the grade-level requirement; in committee she stated, "It was…
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