Books with Sexual Content Banned from School Libraries
June 13, 2023 | Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed bills into law that will create a censorship system and statewide ratings for school libraries and centralize school curricula on a state level, while continuing to push for legislation to allow state funding for education vouchers.
House Bill 900, which the Republican governor praised Monday as getting “that trash out of our schools,” will ban books with sexual content from school libraries, while the curriculum measure, House Bill 1605, offers extra funding for school districts that adopt lesson plans approved by the state, reported The San Antonio Express-News.
Abbott also Monday signed measures allowing grants of $1,500 for families with children in special education programs, as well as to give parents further authority in decisions on holding their children back from progressing in grades. (Excerpt from NEWSMAX.)
