some rich guy in the 80's realized he could pass his agenda easier (christian fundamentalist bullshit) for all the nation if he rigged the education board
so he did
all those fuck heads are creationist assholes and now we have this huge mess on our hands
texas dictates the nation for textbook information
Texas has people on the state board of education that didn't finish high school.
Why does the state government have the right to curtail a medical clinic performing legal services?the ABORTION BILL didn't seem to bad, really. I'm all for abortion and what not, but the bill proposed:
no abortions after 20 weeks
doctor performing must be surgery certified
doctor must have patient admission privileges at local hospitals
And that's about it. The number of abortion facilities in the state would drop from 37 to 5, pretty far from an out right ban.
California is #1 when it comes to dictation of textbook information. Texas is #2.
I found this to be unlikely, so I looked through the members ( Texas Education Agency - SBOE Officers, Committees, and Members )
Three of them apparently don't have a post-secondary degree:
Texas Education Agency - SBOE Member District 7
Texas Education Agency - SBOE Member District 10
Texas Education Agency - SBOE Member District 2
Although they appear to have graduated from high school at least.
The rest have at least their bachelors.
The problem with the state board of education is that you have uninformed laymen making decisions about intellectual education. How many members of the Social Studies committee had degrees in History, Political Science, or some other related field? Zero.
I really could not give less of a fuck about abortion.