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TX SB2803
Bill
Status
3/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brent Hagenbuch
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AI Summary
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Amends the Texas Education Code to require public school social studies curriculum to include instruction on the history of communism in the United States, domestic communist movements, and what the bill describes as "Neo-Marxist roots" of Critical Race Theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
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Mandates students learn about the transformation of Marxism into Critical Theory, including the ideas of philosophers Antonio Gramsci and Herbert Marcuse, "Cultural Marxism," and comparisons between classical Marxism and neo-Marxist Critical Theory
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Requires curriculum covering Critical Race Theory's alleged "origins in Communist Party influence operations," intersectionality, and Paulo Freire's "pedagogy of the oppressed"
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Directs students to discuss what the bill terms "fallacies" of DEI and anti-racist initiatives, including their "neo-Marxist roots" and effects on "traditional American ideals of liberty, republican self-government, civic virtue, and individual merit"
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State Board of Education must revise social studies curriculum by June 1, 2026, with implementation beginning in the 2026-2027 school year
Legislative Description
Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes, ideologies and history and their connection to DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and anti-racist initiatives in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for public school students.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Education K-16
4/7/2025