The State Board of Education has approved a list of legislative suggestions for Texas lawmakers, which includes a proposal to grant the board the power to rate the appropriateness of school library books-and could also render moot parts of a state law that's been embroiled in litigation for more than a year. The proposal would give the elected education board significant power over determining what's appropriate for public school libraries and would mirror legislation that has been filed by Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, who in 2023 authored the Reader Act, a law that placed the burden of rating books on vendors and has been on hold over litigation.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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