‘There should be no sexually explicit books’: Texas lawmakers debate school library rules

A fierce debate over how to regulate what Texas children can read at school stretched for hours Tuesday night, as the House Public Education committee took up a bill targeting library rules.

Rep. Jared Patterson’s READER Act would require book vendors to “rate” titles with sexual content before selling them to school districts. The Frisco Republican said the legislation is an attempt to rid school libraries of books inappropriate for children.

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