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State legislative sessions around the country are coming to a close, and fights over public vs. charter school funding and cell phones were among the biggest policy battles this year.

Texas lawmakers are mirroring federal efforts to erase DEI efforts from public K-12 schools as they did in state colleges.

Members of the House Education Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill that would ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ...

House lawmakers considered a bill that would expand a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in Texas universities ...

Conservative lawmakers say DEI efforts are discriminatory and push liberal ideologies on children. Critics point to research ...

It bans the promotion of the idea that race-neutral laws can perpetuate systemic oppression. Institutions would be required to certify their compliance annually to the Texas Higher Education ...

“We are going to grow up without a foundational knowledge of an inclusive sex education curriculum ... Liberties Union of Texas, also said that the proposed DEI ban in K-12 schools could ...

“Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten ... up without a foundational knowledge of an inclusive sex education curriculum," they said. "We’re going to grow up ...