![]() House Bills 220, 9 would establish subjective standards (such as “errors of omission”) for textbooks and give the SBOE authority to determine whether those standards have been met, Miller said. “This is yet another reason why lawmakers should reject proposed legislation that would give free rein to SBOE members to censor information for political and personal reasons.” “Nearly six months after board members approved these textbooks, politics continues to shape the information the books contain,” Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller said. The books will be used in Texas classrooms beginning this fall. The SBOE voted today to accept the changes submitted by the company. Share SBOE, Publisher Still Censoring Health Textbooks Publisher Agrees to Remove Data on Homosexuality from Teacher’s EditionsĪUSTIN Publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston has deleted from the teacher’s editions of its new middle school health textbooks estimates of the percentage of the population who may be gay, apparently under pressure from State Board of Education (SBOE) members.
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