Lawsuit challenges Texas Tech directives that altered teaching at El Paso medical school
The plaintiffs say systemwide directives chilled instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation after officials reviewed about 8,500 courses.
- On Friday, the American Association of University Professors requested an injunction from the U.S. district court for the Western District of Texas El Paso Division to block Texas Tech University System curriculum restrictions on teaching race, gender and sexual orientation.
- Chancellor Brandon Creighton issued directives in December 2025 and April 2026 under Senate Bill 37, passed in 2025, mandating administrators at the system's five institutions review course materials for prohibited subjects including race, gender identity and sexual orientation.
- By early May 2026, campus officials had evaluated about 8,500 courses, with the board's Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee assessing approximately 500, resulting in dozens of previously approved classes being modified.
- An anonymous Texas Tech Health instructor, "Member No.," censored coursework after officials instructed them to avoid the word "disparity," with the lawsuit alleging these policies restrict training on LGBTQIA patient care.
- Senior counsel Antonio Ingram II of the Legal Defense Fund expects the case to reach federal court in El Paso this summer, citing a recent 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found similar restrictions unconstitutional.
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Lawsuit challenges Texas Tech directives that altered teaching at El Paso medical school
A Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty member self-censored part of a course about El Paso’s underserved population – and campus leaders have told them not to use the word “disparity” in class, according to a recent lawsuit.
“Lawsuit challenges Texas Tech directives that altered teaching at El Paso medical school” – Toronto Star
Faculty organizations filed a lawsuit July 8 in federal court against Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the Board of Regents, challenging directives that altered teaching at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and other campuses. According to the American Association of University Professors, the lawsuit seeks to block enforcement of new policies that restrict classroom content, arguing they violate c…
Lawsuit challenges Texas Tech directives that altered teaching at El Paso medical school - Open Campus
A Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty member self-censored part of a course about El Paso’s underserved population – and campus leaders have told them not to use the word “disparity” in class, according to a recent lawsuit. The American Association of University Professors and its Texas chapter initiated legal action July 8 against Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the system’s nine Board of Regents to address what the …
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