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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 10:12 AM Jan 2022

Texas teachers union calls out Gov. Abbott's 'Parental Bill of Rights': 'He is trying to put a wedge

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is joining a nationwide conservative movement to give parents more control over what happens in children's classrooms. Abbott during a campaign stop last week unveiled what he calls his "Parental Bill of Rights."

"No government program can replace the role parents play in their child’s education,” Abbott told an audience of parents at Founders Academy of Lewisville, a public charter school. “Parents will be restored to their rightful place as the pre-eminent decision-maker for their children.”

The plan would allow parents more access to course materials and curriculum, and let parents to decide whether their child must repeat a course or grade after failing. The proposed legislation would also blacklist any teacher convicted of giving minors access to "obscene" content.

This all comes as Abbott has limited how topics like racism or sexism can be taught in schools, by championing bans on so-called “critical race theory.” The governor has also called on school boards to investigate books he's called obscene, many of which deal with issues of gender or sexuality.

Read more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2022/01/25/texas-teachers-union-calls-out-gov--abbott-s--parental-bill-of-rights-

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Texas teachers union calls out Gov. Abbott's 'Parental Bill of Rights': 'He is trying to put a wedge (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP
No need for school boards, then? Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #1
Sounds like he's scraping the bottom of the barrel ..... secondwind Jan 2022 #2
I predict most parents will soon tire of being so involved in their kids education. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #3
Only in Texas.... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2022 #4
This is a stunt by Greg LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #5

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
3. I predict most parents will soon tire of being so involved in their kids education.
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 10:36 AM
Jan 2022

They won't want to bother.

Presently, they send their kids off to school and don't have to deal with the process any more than they please.

Schools should send out voluminous questionaires to the parents, really digging into the details of what they want. Schedule lots of meetings, tons of homework designed for the parents to participate, and request lots of volunteer time. They want to be the decision-makers? Have at it.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
4. Only in Texas....
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 11:34 AM
Jan 2022

Asking parents to take over in Texas classrooms who have NO credidations to teach, BRILLIANT! No puns or sarcasm intended.

Let them go through budget cuts, outdated books, poor morale, overtime hours, etc. Teachers then would be relieved of the responsibility of not being harassed or threatened with being fired for doing their jobs.

Gregg Abbott is hell bent on destroying education in Texas as we know it. Welcome to being a shithole state. Gregg. Happy now?

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,005 posts)
5. This is a stunt by Greg
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jan 2022

Greg is worried about the primary and he fact that West and Huffines are far to his right

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