On Wednesday, a federal judge permanently enjoined the sections of House Bill (HB) 900, the READER Act, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023, that would have compelled booksellers to rate books under the act. HB 900 by Rep. Jared Patterson (R–Frisco) would have required book publishers to develop a rating system based on sexual content. Additionally, it charged the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) with creating school library collection development standards, as well as charged districts with setting up a system to block access to books based on parental consent and implement an exhaustive and ongoing review and reporting requirement.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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