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Resolutions Committee Report

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Principles
- Principles
  - Republican Platform Organization
PRESERVING AMERICAN FREEDOM
- LIMITING THE EXPANSE OF GOVERNMENT POWER
- REFORMING THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
  - American Law for American Courts (ALAC)
  - Equal Treatment of Sex Offenders
- RESTORING INTEGRITY TO OUR ELECTIONS
  - Electoral College
  - Unions
- HONORING THE SYMBOLS OF OUR AMERICAN AND TEXAN HERITAGE
  - Symbols of American and Texan Heritage
  - Save the Alamo
  - Monuments
  - The Alamo Cenotaph
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, PROTECTING LIFE, AND PROMOTING HEALTH
- CELEBRATING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
- EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO DIRECT THEIR HEALTH CARE
  - Population Health Model
  - Pro-Life Home & Community Based Services (HCBS)
- 2nd amendment freedom
  - School Safety
EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
- LOCAL CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY OF CURRICULUM AND FUNDING
  - Standardized Testing
  - Texas Education Agency (TEA)
- PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY
  - Responsibility of the State in Education
  - Sex Education
- GOVERNANCE
- PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL SAFETY
STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY
- GOVERNMENT BURDENS
  - Bond Elections
  - Property Tax Relief
  - Costs of State Prisoners
- DOWNSIZING GOVERNMENT
  - State Lottery Repeal
- BUSINESS
  - Hemp Cultivation
  - Direct Sales
  - Eliminate Daylight Savings Time
  - Sales Price Disclosure
- RETIREMENT
  - Social Security Income
UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY, LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, AND FOREIGN POLICY
- IMMIGRATION
  - E-Verify System
Legislative Priorities
- Legislative Priorities
  - Legislative Priorities

Proposed platform plank changes for:

EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN

GOVERNANCE

State Board of Education (SBOE)

Current State Platform plank

We believe that the SBOE should continue to be an elected body consisting of fifteen members. Their responsibilities must include: 1. Appointing the Commissioner of Education 2. Maintaining constitutional authority over the Permanent School Fund 3. Maintaining sole authority over all curricula content and the state adoption of all educational materials. This process must include public hearings. 4. The SBOE should be minimally staffed out of general revenue.

Committee revised plank

We urge the Texas Legislature return to the State Board Of Education (SBOE) the oversight of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the authority to appoint textbook review committees.