Bill > HB1655

This bill, known as the Restricting Explicit and Adult-Designated Educational Resources (READER) Act, amends the Texas Education Code to regulate the content of books sold to or included in public school libraries. The key provisions include: requiring the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to adopt standards for school library collection development, prohibiting the acquisition of "sexually explicit material" and books rated as such, mandating parental consent for students to access "sexually relevant material" in school library catalogs, and establishing a process for the state agency to review and recall books that are deemed to contain sexually explicit or relevant content. The bill also requires school districts and book vendors to regularly report on their library collections and sales of such materials.

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