Gov. Greg Abbott signed some controversial education bills into law, including one to ban certain books in school libraries.
signed some controversial education bills into law Monday, June 12, including one to ban certain books in school libraries. He also called for another special session, to try to get school choice vouchers passed in the Texas Legislature.
"It prohibits library material that is sexually explicit, vulgar or educationally unsuitable, and recognizes parents as the primary decision makers regarding their child's access to library materials," said Abbott.Also becoming law, was HB 1605, which specifies curriculum material, and restricts that material in order to prevent "obscene or harmful content" from making it into teachers’ lessons.
"It’s full-on censorship that bans books, that uses dangerously vague language," said Emily Witt, communications and media strategist with the Texas Freedom Network."We know that when kids—especially LGBTQ kids and kids from diverse backgrounds that are Hispanic, black, all of these different backgrounds that we have here in Texas—aren’t represented in their schools, they are not as engaged in their education.
The governor also signed a law that lets parents decide whether their student has to repeat a grade-level course, and another to increase special education funding.
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