Big day in Texas Senate! Two big bills #SB10 to ban taxpayer funded lobbying & #SB28 the Charter School Equity Act pass to the Texas House. Thanks to Lt Gov @DanPatrick for your leadership and support! #txlege
Paul Bettencourt
@TeamBettencourt · TX · S
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CoverageJan 6, 2020 to Jun 1, 2023
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I was SHOCKED to hear universities like Texas Tech hiring their biology department on a "woke" basis and not treating all students equally, and per Senate Education Chair Sen. @CreightonForTX, who authored SB 17, people were having to sign loyalty oaths to DEI (Diversity, Equity,<U+2026> https://t.co/39BQS9r6VR
Today I was honored to recognize 4 new Aggie graduates who<U+2019>ve made history at my Alma mater, @TAMU by being the first students to graduate from A&M<U+2019>s ACHIEVE Program (@aggieachieve). When the program launched in 2019 there was nothing of its kind for young adults with<U+2026> https://t.co/eBDr86UqiF https://t.co/iFVf6MZdAH
.@LinaHidalgoTX ur statement on @KPRC2 (https://t.co/YNvUP8AyW0) saying "hospitalizations right at or near capacity" is wrong & you know it! Here is real TMC data showing we're way off 7/5 peak & still declining. What real number will make a difference to you on opening schools? https://t.co/0RUtcbh9ln
I fully support @teainfo Commissioner Mike Morath installing a Board of Managers for @HoustonISD. As the 2nd longest serving member on the Senate Education Committee, I<U+2019>ve seen, at best, an ineffective HISD Board of Trustee governance. TEA<U+2019>s report of nefarious trustees activity<U+2026> https://t.co/E7ovqB0rZ7 https://t.co/KkHfX8DQCB
When a <U+201C>Shell-Brat<U+201D> like me, and a <U+201C>Carbide-Brat<U+201D> like Actress Jennifer Garner, share a joint history of families that worked and moved around Industry towns across America, it's nice to see our joint interest in early reading skills for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders. She's quite the<U+2026> https://t.co/R2Bcrts4jA https://t.co/KQuFjLSccS
There were over 130,000 cases of truancy last year in Houston area school districts, according to a report by KPRC 2. Expand that to all of Texas and that could be over a million truant students, and it has to stop! My SB 1630 will create top-down attendance guidelines to end<U+2026> https://t.co/1QkJfLDqPZ https://t.co/fE3xHM6Ed3
Why is Dean @MillsLil of @UTAustin's @UTexasMcCombs Business School using a preposterous "woke" history syllabus template?! What happened to a top TX grad school actually teaching BUSINESS? Cut it! @utsystem @KevinEltife @JCHartzell @CreightonForTX #txlege https://t.co/5CD4gmjDkF https://t.co/uAQW4PNAzq
Senator @CreightonForTX's SB 8 is now the best ESA bill in the USA! Passed 18-13, this Senate Parental Bill of Rights is a model bill for other Legislatures in the County!! As the joint author of SB 8 and the last Senator to get a Parental Choice bill out of the Education<U+2026> https://t.co/uXJ72pwSuM
Houston Independent School District gets a new Superintendent and Board of Managers today based upon my bill SB 1365 from the 87th Regular Legislative session. SB 1365 restored the State's A-F accountability system, was cited by the Texas Supreme Court ending the HISD lawsuit,<U+2026> https://t.co/oNRQFyI6mn https://t.co/paKxs7vdxm