德州农工大学系统的教学政策引发法律诉讼。该系统四名教授及美国大学教授协会向联邦法院提起诉讼，要求阻止并恢复与种族、性别和性取向相关的教学限制政策[1]。诉讼方主张这些限制违反了教授的第一修正案权利，并指出政策措辞含混不清，导致教职员工无法准确判断教学边界[1]。
根据该系统的规定，教授被禁止宣传种族或性别意识形态，涉及性取向或性别认同的主题则需取得校长批准[1]。具体案例中，教授Leonard Bright的研究生研讨课在春季学期开学仅三天后即被取消[1]。Tarleton州立大学的管理人员还要求George教授删除课程中的《同性恋宣言》和Kevin Kruse的《白人逃亡》等教材[1]。该政策于2024年11月首次颁布，12月进行了修订[1]。在审查过程中，系统内超过5400门课程接受了检查，最终仅在春季学期取消了6门课程[1]。
Four faculty members from the Texas A&M University System and the American Association of University Professors have filed suit in federal court seeking to block the system's policies limiting instruction on race, gender, and sexual orientation, and to reinstate canceled courses [1]. The plaintiffs argue that the restrictions violate professors' First Amendment rights and that the policy language is too vague for faculty members to determine what they can teach [1].
Under the disputed policy, adopted in November 2024 and revised in December, professors are prohibited from advocating racial or gender ideologies, while instruction involving sexual orientation or gender identity requires approval from the campus chancellor [1]. The policy affects more than 5,400 courses that have undergone review across the system [1]. Professor Leonard Bright's graduate seminar was canceled just three days after the spring semester began [1]. Administrators at Tarleton State University demanded that Professor George remove course materials including "The Gay Manifesto" and Kevin Kruse's "White Flight" [1].
This lawsuit marks the second recent legal challenge to academic restrictions imposed by Texas universities [1]. The dispute follows the departure of former system Chancellor Mark A. Welsh III [1].