Texas AG says Austin school district is breaking state law after barring parents from ‘Pride Week’ activities

Texas Legal professional Basic Ken Paxton despatched the Austin Impartial College District a letter saying they’re in “violation” of state regulation due to the district’s “Satisfaction Week,” which is presently ongoing.

Paxton’s letter states that college students should acquire “written consent” from their father or mother earlier than the college delivers “human sexuality instruction,” in accordance with state regulation.

“By internet hosting ‘Satisfaction Week,’ your district has, at finest, undertaken a week-long tutorial effort in human sexuality with out parental consent. Or, worse, your district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of your college students that not solely fails to acquire parental consent, however subtly cuts mother and father out of the loop. Both manner, you are breaking the regulation,” Paxton wrote.

Paxton stated that oldsters can file grievances to the college board based mostly on the violation., in addition to the Texas Training Company.

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The Texas Legal professional Basic instructed Fox Information Digital that it is “regarding” that oldsters had been allegedly stored out of the loop when sexual supplies had been mentioned.

“It isn’t solely regarding that Austin ISD college students had been reportedly being requested to maintain sexual supplies being mentioned confidential; however additionally it is unlawful underneath Texas State Legislation. The Texas Legislature has made it very clear that in relation to intercourse training, mother and father—not college districts—are in cost. I’ll proceed to face up for the kids of Texas. The controversial sexual agenda of the unconventional left doesn’t belong within the classroom and all these points ought to most definitely not be mentioned behind the backs of fogeys,” Paxton stated.

The letter comes after the Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok launched alleged paperwork from the college district’s satisfaction week, which in accordance with one agenda for preschool by kindergarten at Doss Elementary, states that guidelines for taking part in a “neighborhood circle,” on completely different subjects embrace “Respect privateness: What we are saying on this room stays on this room.”

“Please keep in mind that we agreed to maintain what occurred on this Circle confidential,” the agenda later states.

The account additionally quote tweeted a now-deleted video of a satisfaction week parade which was tweeted out by the assistant principal of Doss Elementary college, which is inside the district that Paxton despatched the letter to.

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Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas

Stephanie Elizalde, superintendent of the Austin Impartial College District responded to Paxton’s letter in a Twitter publish and stated that the district will assist LGBTQIA+ college students.

“I need all our LGBTQIA+ college students to know that we’re happy with them and that we are going to defend them towards political assaults,” Elizalde stated.

When contacted by Fox Information Digital, the college district pointed to the tweet by Elizalde.

Nonetheless, a district spokesperson rejected Paxton’s declare that the district broke state regulation when talking with the Austin American-Statesman, stating that Paxton mischaracterized the “neighborhood circles.”

“Neighborhood circles are confidential within the sense that makes college students really feel trusted and revered for his or her privateness when sharing within the conversations –– it doesn’t imply do not inform your mother and father,” the district stated in an announcement, in accordance with the report.

The spokesperson added that Paxton is legally and factually flawed to place Satisfaction Week and intercourse training on the identical degree, arguing they’re completely different.

“Satisfaction is about celebrating who persons are, significantly members of the LGBT neighborhood who’re bullied far more than the neighborhood at massive, who expertise suicide at a lot greater charges, who skip college at twice the charge of straight youngsters due to worries about their security,” Stanford stated.