…adults check out the materials. HB 3225 defines “sexually explicit material” and “sexual content” and applies the rules to both physical and digital library materials. Librarians would be required to…
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House Finally Hears Senate Priority To Protect Students From Sexual Content
…within 90 days. Books would be removed from circulation during reviews. Require parental access to school libraries, library catalogs, and their children’s library checkout records, and allow parents to submit…
Texas Parents Back Ban on Schools Socially Transitioning Kids
…on teachers and school librarians. Foote and two other activist librarians received an award from the American Library Association for defending students’ access to sexually explicit material, regardless of the…
5.5.2025: Gulf of America!
Legislation Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate… Waco ISD Teachers Arrested for Abusing Special Needs Children… ‘Gulf of America’ Law Heads to Texas House… Was the…
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5/2/25 The First GOP Priority Heads to Gov. Abbott
– Bill Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate – 2 Waco ISD Teachers Arrested in April for Abusing Special Needs Children – Houston City Council Will…
Bill Targeting Explicit Library Materials in Schools Clears House and Senate
Legislation cracking down on explicit sexual content in Texas school libraries is on its way to the governor’s desk, marking the first Republican Party of Texas priority bill this session…
Texas Parents Push Lawmakers To Deliver Public Education Reforms
…is stalled in the Senate. Priority: Strengthen school library standards to exclude sexually explicit materials. Solution: Senate Bill 13 builds on legislation passed last session to keep sexually explicit books…
Activist Calls for Hearing on Legislation Increasing Parental Oversight in School Libraries
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….
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…