State Works to Remove Explicit Books from Schools
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States across the country are working to protect children from sexually explicit topics and content. Praise God!
From The Center Square. The Texas House, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans, passed a bill that seeks to ban sexually explicit books from being in public school and classroom libraries.
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HB 900, filed by Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, advanced out of committee after a six-hour hearing during which concerned parents and citizens expressed support for the measure and opponents argued sexually explicit and pornographic content should be in taxpayer-funded school libraries and classrooms. The House passed the bill on Thursday by a vote of 95 to 52.
Identified as a legislative priority by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, the bill would require library material vendors to review the content they sell to public and open-enrollment schools and prohibit all material deemed “sexually explicit” from entering or remaining in public school and classroom libraries. …
The bill follows a 2021 letter Gov. Greg Abbott sent to the Texas Association of School Boards directing the Texas Education Agency to investigate obscene content in public schools. The TASB said it has “no regulatory authority over school districts and does not set the standards for instructional materials, including library books.” …
The Senate passed a similar bill, SB 13, filed by Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, which passed along party lines by a vote of 18-12.
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill into law.
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Thank you Jesus. It is good to have legislation but that cannot solver the whole problem. As the ekklesia we close the door to satan’s schemes and declare God’s righteousness over our schools. We plead the blood over our schools, teachers, administrators and school boards that they would have hearts to truly protect our children.
God, please give wisdom to all parents that this may be the time for us to pull our children out of government schools. We need more private and home schooling to train up a child on how they should go ( in the Lord). Thank you parents that have already done this. Our children are the most precious assets. IJN
Thank God for his breakthrough
Why would the 52 vote against this bill? I know nothing is as simple as black and white but still … Lord, thank You for leading these people to pass this bill. May their actions motivate other states to do the same. Give parents the courage to expose and speak against this filth to protect our children.