State Rep. Jeff Leach has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate the Transgender Education Network of Texas after unsolicited texts promoting the group’s “Back to School Toolkit” reached thousands of Texans this week, including Leach and many of his constituents.
Leach, a Plano-area Republican and lead House author of Senate Bill 12, sent a formal request to Paxton on Tuesday. He said the toolkit contains guidance that appears to encourage people to circumvent or violate the law, known as the Texas Parents Bill of Rights. The law, which took effect in September 2025, requires school districts to prohibit employees from assisting students with “social transitioning” — including providing information about adopting a different name, pronouns, or other expressions of gender — and bars sponsorship of student clubs based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
According to The Dallas Express, the toolkit covers bathrooms, student clubs, names and pronouns, with separate sections for students, families, and school employees. It encourages students to challenge decisions rejecting Gender and Sexuality Alliance clubs and offers suggestions for alternative clubs or off-campus organizing. The guide also links to materials from the ACLU of Texas arguing certain interpretations of the law.
Tonight I sent a formal request to Attorney General Paxton to open an investigation in to organizations and individuals engaged in encouraging, instructing, or assisting Texans in circumventing, evading, or violating the requirements of SB 12, the Texas Parents Bill of Rights. Of particular concern is information distributed in recent days as a “Back to School Toolkit” by an organization branding itself as “Trans Texas”, containing guidance on not only navigating but circumventing and violating the directives of the bill. To be clear, the laws enacted by the Texas Legislature are not optional, and no advocacy organization has a special exemption from complying with them. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was enacted to protect the rights of parents and their children and the #txlege expects it to be followed in every Texas school and in every Texas classroom.
— Jeff Leach (@leachfortexas) October 14, 2026
Leach said he received an unsolicited text over the weekend linking to the toolkit and understood that similar messages and emails had gone out to thousands of Texans. He asked Paxton’s office to examine not only the content but also how the organization obtained names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information, and whether privacy or consumer-protection laws were violated.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction earlier this year blocking enforcement of four challenged provisions of SB 12 in Houston, Katy, and Plano school districts. The order does not apply statewide. The Transgender Education Network of Texas has not publicly responded in detail to Leach’s request in available reporting.
The inquiry comes days before early voting begins in Texas.
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