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They hoped the State Board of Education would approve their proposal, but instead, it chose to delay action on the changes. The board voted to approve only changes that made the curriculum compliant with state law regarding “critical race theory.” One of them was Mohit Praful Mehta, the assistant director of the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, who has seven years of experience as a teacher in state public schools.
Some of the opponents included House Republican lawmakers, who told the board in a letter that they would intervene with legislation if changes weren’t made to the proposal, according toBut parents like Southlake’s Jolyn Potenza also spoke out against the revisions during Tuesday’s meeting. At the end of the day, the board would take a preliminary vote on the revisions. Members voted 7–2 to include only changes that made the state compliant with Texas law on “critical race theory.”