Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

Possibly a step toward getting her job back. Or more ammo for a wrongful termination lawsuit. From the article:

\>A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to [fire a professor](https://apnews.com/article/texas-am-professor-fired-gender-identity-758d0001633e2109d4403b2379cd5d21) earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity.

\>The internal committee ruled that the university didn’t follow proper procedures and didn’t prove there was good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, who was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience. Republican lawmakers, including Gov. [Greg Abbott](https://apnews.com/hub/greg-abbott), had called for her termination after seeing the video.

\>The committee unanimously voted earlier this week that “the summary dismissal of Dr. McCoul was not justified.” The university said in a statement that interim President Tommy Williams has received the committee’s nonbinding recommendation and will make a decision in the coming days or weeks after reviewing it.