Education
Conroe ISD board removes 3 biology topics The Conroe ISD board of trustees agreed on May 14 to remove several items from a biology textbook in its 2024-25 curriculum, but it retained several other items board members had objected to on topics such as COVID-19 and genetically modified organisms. The sections can be “turned off” in the electronic textbooks and not included in the district’s curric- ulum, according to board discussion. The decision was intended to keep the book compliant with the State Board of Education’s Proclamation 2024, which outlines instructional materials adoption, according to board discussion. “The printed copy of the book is still going to have all of these things in there,” Superintendent Curtis Null said. “The electronic version of the book, we can turn these things off.” The framework The board voted 4-3 in favor of the changes. The
Board considers gender identity policy The Conroe ISD board of trustees on May 14 discussed but did not take action on forming a policy similar to that adopted in Katy ISD outlining how students and teachers discuss gender identity. The KISD policy requires pronouns used on campus to reflect the person’s biological sex; excludes gender fluidity content from classroom and instructional materials; and maintains separations based on biological sex in facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms, among other requirements. The board did not take action on the policy. The gist “I think it’s really reckless for us ... to follow in [Katy ISD’s] footsteps when we’re not actually addressing a specific problem for students,” trustee Stacey Chase said.
Three items in the curriculum did not comply with state requirements, board members said.
A section regarding primate evolution
A unit describing theories for the origin of the universe that does not include intelligent design An item with material which could be considered “anti-American” or “anti- Texas”
SOURCE: CONROE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
board approved all other recommended instruc- tional materials and sections of the biology book. What they’re saying “I personally just wanted to remove that one,” trustee Tiffany Baumann Nelson said, regarding the section about COVID-19 vaccines which was left in. “This is ... censorship at its finest,” trustee Datren Williams said. “ ... It’s as if we don’t trust our teach- ers to be able to decipher what to and not to teach.”
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