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Vows Legislative Action to Rein in State Board

Austin - State Rep. Mike Villarreal blasted the State Board of Education's vote today in favor of new social studies standards for Texas public schools. This week Rep. Villarreal convened San Antonio community members to express their opposition to the Board's proposal and delivered an online petition urging Board members to prioritize education before their own personal ideological agendas. Today Rep. Villarreal stated:  

I am disturbed that a majority of the Board decided their own political agendas were more important than the education of Texas children.  We need to roll up our sleeves and build the state into an education powerhouse, but instead the Board is turning the state into a punch line.

They have ignored historians and teachers, allowing ideological activists to push the culture war further into our classrooms.  They fail to understand that we don't want liberal textbooks or conservative textbooks. We want excellent textbooks, written by historians instead of activists.

The Legislature will not stand by and allow the Board to continue abusing their authority. During the next legislative session we will review our options for reining in the Board and pass reforms that protect Texas schoolchildren.

Students are the future of our state. They don't deserve to be treated as a pawn in a political game.