Needless to say, I was skeptical of this and had to check it out:

IT’S TRUE! The superstitious barbarians really, truly did say this.
2012 Texas GOP Platform

We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority”

That is, they oppose anything that would de-couple young people from fundy Houses of Superstition and the yokel authority structure.