Texas Education Code

§ 33.027 — CHALLENGE OR APPEAL REGARDING LIBRARY MATERIALS; LOCAL SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS

ED § 33.027Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Art. B. LIBRARIES

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(a)A parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student enrolled in a school district, a person employed by the district, or a person residing in the district may submit:

(1)to the district a written challenge to any library material in the catalog of a school library in the district using the form adopted under Subsection (e); or

(2)to the district's board of trustees an appeal of an action taken by the district in response to a written challenge received under Subdivision (1).

(b)Not later than the fifth day after the date on which a school district receives a written challenge under Subsection (a)(1), the district shall provide a copy of the challenge to the district's local school library advisory council if the district established a council under Section 33.025. The council shall make a recommendation for action by the district not later than the 90th day after the date on which the council receives the copy.

(c)If the procedures recommended by the local school library advisory council, if applicable, and adopted by the board of trustees permit the appointment of library material review committees that consist of persons who are not members of the council to review library materials challenged under Subsection (a)(1), the council may base the council's recommendation for action to be taken by the district under Subsection (b) on the recommendation of a library material review committee if the committee consists of at least five persons appointed by the board of trustees, a majority of whom are parents of students enrolled in the school district and are not employed by the district. Sections 33.025(g) and (h) apply to a library material review committee authorized by this subsection in the same manner as a local school library advisory council.

(d)The board of trustees shall take action on:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1126 (S.B. 13), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.