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Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But university leaders have called the changes “common sense.”

The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible. Texas has been at the forefront of conservative efforts to incorporate religion into schools.

A handful of University of North Texas students traveled from Denton and Houston to Fort Worth on Thursday morning.

University of North Texas leaders had a chance to stand up for free speech and academic freedom. Instead, they closed an art exhibit without explanation.

Following the Dec. 1 memorandum from Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent letters to each of the five presidents within the Tech system, calling upon them not to restrict academic freedom or classroom instruction based on viewpoint.

Dallas-based Half-Price Books spoke out against the bill, which would expose booksellers to lawsuits over materials deemed inappropriate for minors.

A new Keller ISD policy requires approval by the superintendent before students can produce and perform a play. Some parents call it censorship because previously approved plays are no longer ok.

Prison book programs have been sending free books to Texas prisons for years, but recently, they've been told they're no longer allowed to under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy they say they've never heard of before.

The film stars a transgender woman and explores the consequences of strict gender roles in Pakistani society

Events surrounding Banned Books Week will take place all around North Texas, including a free trivia event, a youth seminar, and a host of virtual conversations with censored authors.

All versions of the Bible. The graphic adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank. Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Those are just some of the familiar books that weren’t available to students on the first day of school Tuesday in the northern Tarrant County community of Keller.

Lawyers for the social media companies say the law, HB 20, is an infringement on their First Amendment rights.