Legislation currently awaiting a hearing in the Texas House aims to increase parental involvement and state oversight in determining the appropriateness of library materials available to students in public schools….
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Parents Back Plan To Restrict Kids’ Access to Sexual Content in Public Libraries
…Library advisory board, Wallace was sued when harmful content was relocated from the children’s section of the library. Wallace told the committee she has found many explicit books in the…
Misplaced Priorities: Where’s the Outcry for Georgetown Kids?
Publishers flagged 150 books within the Georgetown High School library catalog as “mature-adult themes.” Going forward, these books will not be eligible by the publisher to order for any ISD…
Attorney General Alleges Houston ISD Engaged in Electioneering
…According to the Texas Law Library, the Attorney General can issue opinion letters upon request from officials to help interpret state law. Opinions from the AG are considered persuasive but…
Exclusive: Inside Texas A&M’s ‘Draggieland’
…booths promoting various aspects of radical gender ideology. Among the vendors was a private library providing copies of LGBT books such as “Gender Queer” to students. “There’s definitely a lot…
State Rep. Harrison Calls for End to UT Gender Studies Dept. After Attending ‘Transgender Conference’
…for day one of the conference included a lecture titled “Keeping Time: Queer-Crip Temporal Attunement Through Tarot.” Pamphlets and flyers throughout the library advertised “Resources for Trans Folks,” which primarily…
Harris County LGBTQIA+ Commission Sets Date for ‘Banned Book’ Fair
…21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Barbara Bush Library in Spring. The document also details plans for the Houston Public Library to deploy the Curiosity Cruiser, a…
Texas Senators Advance Conservative Agenda, Pass Republican Priority Legislation
…content that can be regulated between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.—the hours in which children may reasonably be in the audience. It would also create district-level school library advisory councils…
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3/17/25 Should China Own American Land?
– Texas Congressman Proposes Ban on Foreign Adversaries Buying US Farmland – New Legislation Would Block School Library Books Deemed Too Explicit for Prisons – Election Judge Cautions Against Letting…
New Legislation Would Block School Library Books Deemed Too Explicit for Prisons
A new measure targeting children’s access to sexually explicit materials in schools has been filed just ahead of the legislature’s filing deadline. The proposal, House Bill 5021 by State Rep….