Texas bill threatens jail time for teaching books like “The Catcher in the Rye”

Texas bill threatens jail time for teaching books like “The Catcher in the Rye”

It’s a pretty “crummy” situation, as Holden Caulfield might say.

Texas lawmakers advance bill that makes it a crime for teachers to assign "Catcher in the Rye"

(Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Lawmakers in Texas are seeking to impose harsh criminal penalties on school librarians and teachers who provide award-winning works of literature to students. Identical bills in the Texas Senate and House would make it a crime for librarians and teachers to provide books or learning materials that contain sexually explicit content, punishable by up to 10 years behind bars — whether or no…

Texas Advances Bill Criminalizing Teachers for Assigning Catcher in the Rye