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Students deserve a well-funded, honest public education.

Texas Freedom Network (TFN) fights for a robust and equitable public school system in which students have access to everything they need to learn and thrive — no matter who they are, what they believe, or where they come from.

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The Fight to Protect Public Education in Texas

What We’re Up Against

More than 5.5 million students attend Texas public schools. Unfortunately, right-wing extremists relentlessly attack public education by pushing private school voucher schemes and attempting to force their single-minded political agenda and religious views into classrooms.

PUSHING VOUCHER SCHEMES

Far-right legislators are hellbent on passing private school vouchers. They call them by many names – “education savings accounts” or “ESAs” – but they are vouchers that steal taxpayer dollars from public schools to subsidize tuition at unregulated private and religious schools.

BANNING BOOKS & CENSORING CURRICULA

Efforts to censor classroom lessons and ban books are rampant across Texas. Many of the most frequently banned books are about the experiences of people of color and LGBTQIA+ people. Extremists also want to bring conservative propaganda machine PragerU to schools.

UNDERMINING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

In November 2024, the Republican-dominated SBOE voted to allow a Bible-infused elementary school curriculum into public schools — planting Texas at the center of a national scheme to attack the separation of church and state by using public education to promote a religious agenda.

Our Students Are Not Political Pawns.

Texas Freedom Network mobilizes at the Capitol, at the State Board of Education (SBOE), and in local school districts to ensure that the students in our public schools come first — not politicians’ personal views.

TFN’s Public Education Advocacy

At the
Capitol

Year after year, TFN has defeated voucher legislation and other schemes to defund public education. We also advocate for protecting students’ religious freedom and ensuring that public schools can serve all students, regardless of their faith or background.

At the SBOE

TFN fights for students at the State Board of Education (SBOE), which oversees public school curricula. We also conduct groundbreaking research into what is (and isn’t) taught on subjects like sex education, evolution, climate change, and religion.

In the Community

TFN’s Teach the Truth campaign opposes book-banning efforts in local public schools and libraries because students deserve a truthful education and access to books that reflect the diversity of our classrooms, state, and country.

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Back-door Book Ban SB 13 Set for Hearing May 6, 2025

The Texas Legislature is once again prioritizing politics over the well-being of our students. Senate Bill 13 (SB 13), a deeply troubling proposal that restricts access to library materials in public schools, has already passed the Senate and is scheduled for a hearing in the House Public Education Committee on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Despite…

Advocates Line the Capitol Staircase for Read-In Against Book Banning

By Isaiah Mosley, TFN Political Intern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQd9FAVU_HQ On Monday, May 26, while the House debated Senate Bill 13, Texas Freedom Network joined with students, educators, parents, bookstore owners, and community advocates for a Read-In. It was an impactful statement — demonstrators from all demographics and every corner of the state, with their banned books in…

Back-door Book Ban SB 13 Set for Hearing May 6, 2025

The Texas Legislature is once again prioritizing politics over the well-being of our students. Senate Bill 13 (SB 13), a deeply troubling proposal that restricts access to library materials in public schools, has already passed the Senate and is scheduled for a hearing in the House Public Education Committee on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Despite…

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