AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Gov. Greg Abbott put some pressure on the Texas Association of School Boards Monday, Nov. 1 regarding preventing student access to inappropriate content in school libraries, including pornographic images.
In a letter to Executive Director Dan Troxell, Gov. Abbott explained he wants the association to ensure no child is exposed to that kind of content in a Texas public school.
In the letter, Gov. Abbott did not give a specific example of a book or school where this has happened, but last week, CBS 11 reported on a book with sexually explicit images and themes found in a Keller ISD school library.
The school district said that book shouldn’t have been there is is reviewing its process about how it goes about approving books.
Gov. Abbott said in his letter, “A growing number of parents of Texas students are becoming increasingly alarmed about some of the books and other content found in public school libraries that are extremely inappropriate in the public education system. The most flagrant examples include clearly pornographic images and substance that have no place in the Texas public education system. You have an obligation to Texas parents and students to ensure that no child in Texas is exposed to pornography or other inappropriate content while inside a Texas public school.”
READ FULL LETTER HERE
from CBS Dallas / Fort Worth https://ift.tt/3mBWiyi
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