Texas Public School District Bans Bible In Libraries

A Texas public school district superintendent informed parents that the Bible was removed from the district’s libraries because it violated a state House bill requiring library books to be expunged if they contained “sexually explicit material.”

HB 900, the READER Act (Restricting Explicit and Adult Designated Educational Resources), was passed by the 88th Texas Legislature, signed into law by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, and implemented on September 1, 2023. It states, “a library material vendor must perform a contextual analysis of the material to determine whether the material describes, depicts, or portrays sexual conduct in a way that is patently offensive.”

Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Darryl Flusche wrote an email to parents earlier this week in which he stated:
 

House Bill 900, which passed during the last legislative session, establishes library standards that restrict content in school libraries. … This standard for library content prohibits books that have one instance of sexual content as described above. Therefore, HB900 doesn’t allow numerous books, including the full text of the Bible, to be available in the school library.


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Bible by Ryk Neethling is licensed under flickr

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