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Dad, husband, former school board trustee. https://t.co/F1JpftAz5I. If you aren’t following @mentack, you are only getting half the story.

Jun 4, 2023, 5 tweets

As you see posts for a Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) alternative called Texans For Excellence In Eduction (TEE) being pushed by two State House members, the Tarrant County Judge, and a State Board of Education member... (1 of 5) #txed #txlege

And you look at Texans for Excellence in Education website, which calls out not being "driven by political agendas", and also their Facebook ads currently running, focusing on "students' well being", "the beginning of a new era of representation", and "myths vs facts"... (2)

Keep in mind this organization, Texans for Excellence In Education, that is supposedly not driven by political agendas and is non-partisan, it has released all of these ads, dripping with Christian nationalist talking points to make people fear public schools (3)
#txed #txlege

This is all Texans for Excellence In Education too. Christian nationalism, anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity, purity culture nonsense. All to make people fear public schools.
So when people talk about the TASB alternative, know it's just another dog-whistle. (4)
#txed #txlege

When trying to research Texans for Excellence in Education, there is one organization by that name currently pending review. They are a "Foreign Nonprofit Corporation", where foreign just means not from Texas.

Texans for Excellence aren't even really Texans (FIN)
#txed #txlege

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