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The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has teamed up with the Transgender Law Center and private firm Baker McKenzie to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s new anti-DEI law, Senate Bill 12.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Thursday, just days before the law goes into effect on Monday, September 1.
A student from Houston ISD, a teacher from Plano ISD, the GSA Network, which has a number of LGBTQ+ student clubs in Texas high schools, and the advocacy organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas are named plaintiffs.
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath, Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD are named defendants. The Texas Education Agency
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