A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law

Texas school board votes to strip chapters from books approved by conservative board of education.

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District voted 6 -1 to delete chapters from five books.

School board member Natalie Blasingame was among slate of candidates who were elected through at-large voting system.

Critics say board's actions send troubling message to students of color.

Texas lawmakers passed a law that sought to shape how teachers approach instruction on race and racism.

Cy-Fair appears to have taken one of the state’s most aggressive approaches to enforcing the law, an analyst says.

The law's vagueness has drawn criticism from conservative groups who say it allows school districts to skirt it.

The board’s interpretation of the state’s law on the teaching of race has stifled important classroom discussions, said Sundrani , the student in the district. Her AP English class, a seminar about the novel “ Huckleberry Finn ,” steered clear of what she thinks are badly needed conversations about race, slavery and how that history impacts people today . “There were topics that we just couldn’t discuss.”.