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Fort Worth ISD librarians conducted inventory on books for two weeks and 120 books currently are under review to determine how they comply with House Bill 900 — a law that requires districts remove sexually explicit books from libraries and parental consent for some with sexual references.
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The Granbury ISD Board of Trustees voted 5-2 Wednesday to censure Place 7 trustee Karen Lowery for allegedly making an unauthorized visit to a high school library. Lowery has campaigned on keeping "sexually explicit material" out of school libraries.
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The district's libraries will remain closed to allow library staff time to make sure the district is in compliance with a new law regulating "sexual content" in school libraries, according to a district spokesperson.
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Mansfield’s school board removed the term “gender fluidity” from its book ban policy, along with other terms that targeted the LGBTQ community. But it beefed up local control and evaluation of books the district will buy, and residents not affiliated with the district can now help review questioned books.
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The new law puts the onus on book vendors to rate books they sell to schools.
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Other legislation this session has targeted school library books, which are optional reading materials, but House Bill 1804 might be the first to go after textbooks that teachers use for their lessons.
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A new report from PEN America shows expanding censorship of books, especially those centered on themes of race, history, sexual orientation and gender.
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The proposal would also create a statewide policy for how school libraries stock their shelves and require parental permission for materials deemed “sexually relevant.”
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Llano County commissioners considered whether they should shut down its library system entirely instead of complying with a federal judge's ruling that they must return 17 banned books to the library system.