Abbott signs law banning ‘sexually explicit’ books from schools, requiring new rating system
- vkorobko1
- Jun 13, 2023
- 1 min read
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law this week banning explicit books in schools.
House Bill 900 was part of a session-long push among Republicans to increase parents’ input in Texas classrooms.
The legislation by Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, and Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, will set new standards for school libraries to follow when adding books to their collections.
The bill effectively bans books from public school libraries that are “patently offensive,” defined as materials that are an affront to “current community standards of decency.”
