Updated! A final vote will be made on Friday from the State Board of Education on the controversial history textbook about Mexican-Americans.

The textbook, which has been called “racist,” is expected to be voted down after a committee of educators found more than 400 factual errors. On Wednesday, the board took a preliminary vote and every board member said “no.”

Here's the story  from the Texas Tribune:

• The textbook, titled "Mexican American Heritage," was the only submission the board received after putting out a call in 2015 for textbooks for high school social studies classes, including Mexican-American studies. The board unanimously voted Tuesday morning to accept more bids for ethnic studies textbooks for 2018, which could include Mexican-American studies.
• On Tuesday, Hispanic activists, scholars and state officials gathered in the lobby of the Texas Education Agency to protest the controversial textbook. Among their concerns was that the textbook would perpetuate the “hatred” against Hispanics stirred up after the recent presidential election of Donald Trump.
• A committee of professors and high school teachers pinpointed more than 140 factual, “interpretive,” and “omission” errors in the book. University of Texas at Austin professor Emilio Zamora, who was part of that committee, said Wednesday that he is working with a co-author to negotiate a contract with a publisher on a Texas Mexican-American studies textbook. While the textbook meets all requirements of the Texas Board of Education’s bid for textbooks, board members who oppose the book said the factual errors are unacceptable.
• The board will take a final vote Friday; however, the board's 14-0 vote on Wednesday has opponents of the book confident. “The unanimous vote by the board today is an amazing victory for everyone who showed how inaccurate the book was,” Zamora said.

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