During the 2021-22 school year, the chronic absenteeism rate was at 42%. The following year, it was down to 25%. Last year, during the 23-24 school year, it was down to 12.3% ...

Texas school boards and parents would have unprecedented control over school library book selection under a wide-ranging state Senate bill that the House passed 86-55 on Wednesday, hours before a ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval on May 27, 2025, to a bill that would shift significant control over public school library materials from professional librarians to school boards and ...

Alberta's Danielle Smith government survey on explicit sex in school library books gets flood of responses from Albertans, UCP slams critics ...

Senate Bill 13 would require school boards or advisory councils to approve new books and review complaints. In most cases only 50 parents’ approval would be needed to create the oversight councils.

Representatives supportive of the bill said SB 13 would give parents better control over what materials their children can access. About 16% of complaints about school library books last year were ...

Texas parents could gain more control over public school library books with Senate Bill 13, as critics warn of potential overzealous bans. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Nathaniel Jouett, 16, told police he did not know why he picked the Clovis-Carver Public Library and that he did not know anyone there, the documents said. But he told investigators he had wanted to ...

Ken-Ton now will let parents challenge the content of library books. Officials said school-level staff will assess each book and could, based on that review, remove the title from circulation.

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would give Texas parents and school boards a bigger role over what books students can access in public school libraries. Senate Bill ...

Senate Bill 13 would require school boards or advisory councils to approve new books and review complaints. In most cases only 50 parents’ approval would be needed to create the oversight councils.