{"id":217622,"date":"2026-03-24T04:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217622\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:58:17","slug":"tea-tells-schools-to-cancel-cesar-chavez-day-events-following-sexual-assault-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217622\/","title":{"rendered":"TEA tells schools to cancel Cesar Chavez Day events following sexual assault revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas education officials are directing local school districts to cancel or modify any events they have planned for Cesar Chavez Day after sexual assault allegations against the labor leader surfaced.<\/p>\n

The New York Times published an investigation last week that included accusations from two women that Chavez sexually abused them when they were underage girls, as well as accusations he sexually assaulted Dolores Huerta, with whom he co-founded the United Farm Workers in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

In guidance sent Monday, Texas Education Agency officials said school districts should \u201ccancel or otherwise redirect\u201d any events they have planned related to Cesar Chavez<\/a> Day, which falls on March 31.<\/p>\n

Dallas ISD spokesperson Nina Lakhiani said the district doesn\u2019t have any district-wide events scheduled to commemorate Cesar Chavez Day.<\/p>\n

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The guidance also acknowledges that Texas\u2019 state standards for social studies include lessons on Chavez in fifth grade and high school U.S. History. Texas\u2019 State Board of Education is in the middle of rewriting the social studies standards<\/a>, and TEA officials wrote that it\u2019s unlikely the revamped version will include lessons focusing specifically on Chavez. <\/p>\n

But any revised standards the board ultimately approves won\u2019t take effect for years. In the meantime, state education officials said districts should remove any lessons about Chavez from their curriculums, and said they won\u2019t be considered out of compliance with the state standards if they do so.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s TEA guidance comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas will no longer observe Cesar Chavez Day, and that he would ask state lawmakers to remove the holiday from state law.<\/p>\n

The revelations leave school boards and district officials across Texas grappling with how to handle the labor leader\u2019s legacy. Many districts, including Dallas, Fort Worth and Little Elm ISDs, have schools named for Chavez. <\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Carre\u00f3n, the district\u2019s board president, told The Dallas Morning News last week he would work with the campus community at Cesar Chavez Learning Center to determine the school\u2019s future name.<\/p>\n

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