{"id":1396063,"date":"2022-03-23T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396063"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:59:45","slug":"texas-ag-blasts-austin-school-district-for-violating-state-law-over-pride-week-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-blasts-austin-school-district-for-violating-state-law-over-pride-week-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Blasts Austin School District For Violating State Law Over \u2018Pride Week\u2019 Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-ag-blasts-austin-school-district-for-violating-state-law-over-pride-week-curriculum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-21-copy-3-5.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the Austin Independent School District (AISD) on Tuesday to inform the superintendent that its schools were in violation of state law over its \u201cPride Week\u201d curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents\u2014not school districts\u2014are in charge,\u201d Paxton wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy hosting \u2018Pride Week,\u2019 your district has, at best, undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent. Or, worse, your district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of your students that not only fails to obtain parental consent, but subtly cuts parents out of the loop. Either way, you are breaking state law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton also wrote that the violation of state law opens the school district up to \u201cgrievances\u201d from objecting parents that could come in the form of lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on your violation, objecting parents can file grievances with your school board pursuant to the grievance policy your district is required to maintain,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I sent a letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinISD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AustinISD<\/a> for their curriculum and lesson plans  that constitute \u201chuman sexuality instruction\u201d governed by state law.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents\u2014not school districts\u2014are in charge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVZ4Sj8GMF\">pic.twitter.com\/pVZ4Sj8GMF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXAG\/status\/1506419810795671553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Pride Week handout reportedly from Bowie High School in the AISD was shared online that included activities such as \u201cwatching Queer Eye and nail painting parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinISD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AustinISD<\/a>\u2019s pride week this week. Homeschool your kids. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Juz5b0a8Z\">pic.twitter.com\/8Juz5b0a8Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1506428798245371906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The school district\u2019s activities captured attention nationwide after a video was shared online of elementary students marching in a Pride Week activity that included waving rainbow flags.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doss Elementary is set to have another pride parade tomorrow morning. The principal moved it to indoors and told parents they can no longer attend after this video went viral yesterday. Looking for a staff member who wants to help fight back. You will be 100% anonymous. Dm me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TsTV1AW5KN\">https:\/\/t.co\/TsTV1AW5KN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1506402250574336014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde shared Paxton\u2019s letter in a Twitter post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks,\u201d she wrote. The AustinISD Twitter account retweeted her statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNGiaoNM3q\">https:\/\/t.co\/fNGiaoNM3q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Stephanie S. Elizalde (@AustinISDsupt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinISDsupt\/status\/1506431760837615626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident is not the first time Texas has dealt with matters related to sexuality and gender in the classroom.\u00a0Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott also addressed the controversy over inappropriate content in public school libraries in his state in November.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cParents are outraged about highly inappropriate books in our public schools,\u201d Abbott tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the wake of Texas Assoc. of School Boards\u2019 negligence, Texas will develop statewide standards to shield children from pornography &#038; obscene content in our public schools,\u201d the governor added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parents are outraged about highly inappropriate books in our public schools.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Texas Assoc. of School Boards&#8217; negligence, Texas will develop statewide standards to shield children from pornography &#038; obscene content in our public schools.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/88h8dEc2YI\">https:\/\/t.co\/88h8dEc2YI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1457806956719218690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has come under criticism after signing a new law that prohibits teaching content related to sexual orientation and gender identity for students in K-3rd grades. The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-undeterred-by-disney-criticism-of-florida-parental-rights-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>As recently as Monday, the governor tore into a reporter for misrepresenting the bill during a press briefing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCritics call it the Don\u2019t Say Gay bill,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1500971287010852868\">said the reporter<\/a>, to which DeSantis replied, \u201cDoes it say that in the bill? I\u2019m asking you to tell me what is in the bill because you are pushing false narratives. It doesn\u2019t matter what critics say.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt bans classroom instruction on sexual identity and gender orientation,\u201d said the reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor who?\u201d pressed the governor. \u201cFor grades Pre-K through 3. So 5-year-olds, 6-year-olds, 7-year-olds, and the idea that you wouldn\u2019t be honest about that and tell people what it actually says, it\u2019s why people don\u2019t trust people like you, because you peddle false narratives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the Austin Independent School District (AISD) on Tuesday to inform the superintendent that its schools were in violation of state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}