The Texas Education Agency has directed public schools to revise lesson plans, removing mentions of Cesar Chavez and cancelling related events due to sexual abuse allegations. The move follows an investigation into the late labor leader, a significant figure in Texas history. Other news includes reports of ICE agents on site at Bush Airport, an Aldine ISD student being hospitalized after being hit by a truck, and the University of Houston's Sweet 16 appearance.
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, the agency also ordered school districts to cancel “or otherwise redirect”events and activities planned for Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, an extension of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Teachers and labor groups have been reckoning with the late civil rights leader’s legacy after a New York Times investigation revealed allegations that Chavez had sexually assaulted and abused women and girls. The activist had strong ties to Texas, where he supported striking farm workers and led a rally at the state Capitol following a march from Rio Grande City to Austin in 1966. The current state social studies curriculum requires students to learn about Chavez in multiple grades, including fifth grade and U.S. history. But the TEA said any teaching of Chavez would also conflict with a portion of the Texas Education Code that says a teacher cannot be compelled to discuss “a widely debated and currently controversial issue of public policy or social affairs.” “This letter serves as formal notice that the Texas Education Agency will not consider failure to teach any student expectation focused on Chavez as out of compliance with statutory requirements,” the guidance said.to emphasize a focus on Texas and U.S. history. The board is set to vote in June on the new standards, which TEA expects will remove explicit requirements to teach about Chavez. The Austin school district last week announced it would celebrate labor leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Chavez, on the March 31 holiday. Huerta told the Times she had been sexually assaulted by Chavez but kept it a secret for 60 years out of fear of hurting the farmworker movement. And in Houston, the school district renamed the holiday from Cesar Chavez to Farmworkers Day. It is also facing questions about whether to rename its César E. Chávez High School.Health inspectors found thawed seafood, food stored in buckets at Mama Tina’s GumboICE agents helping TSA as Houston airports face long linesLong TSA lines expected at Houston airports again as government shutdown causes staffing shortagesFort Bend County Judge KP George taken into custody after guilty verdict
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