The Texas Education Agency has issued new guidance for school districts to use when picking books for school libraries.
PUBLISHED 2:53 PM CDT Apr. 11, 2022AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency has provided school districts a new model policy for the review of library materials at the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, who sent a letter to the state agency last November expressing concern that schoolchildren were being exposed to pornographic materials in libraries.
When the policy is passed, school districts will be required to post current, intended materials for their campus libraries and give parents a chance to comment In another section, the proposed policy requires school libraries to keep a list of materials on site and materials the school library expects to acquire.
Krause, a onetime challenger to Attorney General Ken Paxton, is in the runoff for Tarrant County District Attorney. The run-off will be decided on May 24.
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