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STAFF REPORT

An absentee State Board of Education District 5 member KEN MERCER took heat form his Democratic and Libertarian opponents for supporting the teaching of Creationism in public school science courses. REBECCA BELL-METEREAU, a Texas State English professor and Democrat, and MARK LOEWE, an Austin physicist and Libertarian, disagreed about the use of vouchers and the merits of mobile devices as learning tools.