Unless Gov. Abbott vetoes it, the bill will become law, which means book vendors will have to assign ratings to books based on depictions or references to sex. 📝: TexasTribune
Books with a "sexually explicit" rating would be removed from library bookshelves. And students who want to check out books with a "sexually relevant" rating would have to get parental permission first.
"Our schools must not sexualize our students or provide them pornographic reading material or introduce them to inappropriate materials that distract from the educational goals we've set as a state," she said.
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