Contract for ‘School-Based Therapy Services’ on Consent Agenda

Item 8.D authorizes a contract with Harris County Department of Education for ‘School-Based Therapy Services.’ These services can sometimes operate without direct parental presence or consent, acting as a trojan horse for mental health interventions parents are not aware of. The contract details were not included in the agenda packet.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy

Vague Healthcare Staffing Contracts Require Investigation

Items 8.H, 8.I, and 8.J are agreements with outside vendors Delta-T Group, Ro Health, and Aveanna Healthcare. These appear to be for staffing or health services, but without the contracts, we cannot verify their scope or if they provide services like telehealth that could bypass parental consent. These should not be passed sight-unseen on a consent agenda.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed

✅ Wins to Defend

Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.

HUGE WIN: District Proposes Banning Secret Social Transitioning

On its first reading, proposed Policy FA (Local) explicitly prohibits any district employee from assisting a student with ‘social transitioning’ or encouraging a child to withhold information from their parent. It also requires parental consent for psychological surveys and mandates that restrooms and sports teams be designated by biological sex. This is a landmark policy that codifies parental rights as supreme.

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✅ Why It Matters: Protecting Children

WIN: District Moves to Ban DEI Duties for All Staff

A proposed revision to Policy DH (Local) on Employee Standards of Conduct would make it a fireable offense for any employee to engage in or assign ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) duties.’ The policy also explicitly prohibits staff from assisting a student with social transitioning. This holds all staff, not just the superintendent, accountable for respecting parental rights and avoiding ideological activism.

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✅ Why It Matters: Focus on Academics

WIN: New Policy Requires 30-Day Public Review for All New Library Books

Proposed revisions to Policy EFB (Local) would require all newly purchased or donated library books to be posted on the district’s website for 30 days before the Board votes to approve them. The policy also strengthens the process for challenging inappropriate materials and explicitly bans ‘sexually explicit material’ and ‘harmful material.’ This is a massive victory for transparency and parental oversight of our school libraries.

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✅ Why It Matters: Library Transparency

WIN: District Bans ‘Equity’ Scoring for Gifted & Talented Program

A revision to Policy EHBB (Local) for the Gifted and Talented program explicitly prohibits using a ‘scoring value based on race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, or disability’ in the selection process. This is a direct rejection of ‘equity’ initiatives that lower standards and a return to merit-based assessment for advanced students. This protects high-achieving kids from being penalized by ideology.

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✅ Why It Matters: Protecting Merit

WIN: Superintendent Can Be Fired for Pushing DEI or Hiding Info from Parents

Revisions to Policy BJCF (Local) add new reasons for firing the Superintendent, including any attempt to ‘encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from the child’s parent’ and engaging in or assigning ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion duties prohibited by law.’ This creates powerful, top-down accountability for respecting parental rights.

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✅ Why It Matters: Leadership Accountability