School districts can use course materials of their choice

I found this article and was immediately drawn to the content of it.  The overall subject is a new bill by Sen. Florence Sharpio (R-Plano) which allows individual school districts to use state funds to buy textbooks and course materials, regardless of if the board of  Texas SBOE (State Board of Education) has approved the materials.  This has in return greatly weakened the SBOE's power to dictate which materials the classrooms use across the state.

The Texas Freedom Network was extremely happy with the passage of the bill.  They felt that school districts were being held hostage to politicians agendas.  Some of the controversial topics of the past have been censoring information on sex education, evolution, slavery and civil rights. 

There is also thought that this will help improve turn around time on new textbooks.  Local decision making can certainly speed up the process.  Decade-old textbooks can be a thing of the past once the local districts are able to make their own decisions based directly on their present needs.

I highly recommend taking the time to read this article!

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