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State Board of Education: Texas' second most important race tomorrow
William McKenzie/Editorial Columnist
Dallas Morning News
Most of us in Texas are concentrated on the governor's race, which certainly is the most crucial contest in the primary both parties are holding tomorrow. But not far behind in importance is a race for the State Board of Education seat, Place 9. Incumbent board member Don McLeroy, a Bryan Republican, is being challenged by Thomas Ratliff, a Mount Pleasant Republican.
As readers of this blog know, the board is very crucial. Among other responsibilities, it shapes the standards the state uses to assess students, determines what goes in our textbooks and oversees the state fund that finances public schools. All three areas also have been in the papers lately.
Republican challengers for Texas' influential education board seek to oust far-right members
By PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press Writer
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Uproar over the evolution curriculum. Divides over religious influences in American history. A board member who called public schools a "subtly deceptive tool of perversion."
Even to some Republican challengers in Tuesday's primary election, Texas' influential State Board of Education has image issues.
"The creationism and evolution issues have overshadowed what the board does," said candidate Thomas Ratliff, a lobbyist. "I don't think everything they do is bad. But they have a real PR problem."