Texas voters oust book-banning school board members in major suburban shakeup

After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House advances bill limiting …

The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.

Texas bans explicit content in schools — and Democrats are not happy

If you live in Texas and have school-age children, then there’s some good news. The first Texas GOP priority bill is on its way to the governor’s desk after clearing both chambers — and it bans explicit sexual content in libraries at your children’s schools. Currently, there are broad exemptions...

Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans

Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.

Book Banners Lost Big Across Texas This Week

Voters in Texas resoundingly rejected book bans last weekend. Houston’s Chron described it as a “statement election” and as a “clear protest against titles flying off school library and classroom shelves.” The Texas Tribune explains just how big a reversal the weekend schoolboard elections were: Conservative school board candidates across Texas suffered an array of defeats in Saturday’s local elections, marking a clear setback for the Republican…

Voters Oust Several Book-Banning Incumbents in School Districts Across Texas

Over the past weekend, several candidates in suburban Texas school districts who opposed book bans won their elections, defeating conservative officials who had supported and implemented such policies in recent years. Book bans in the Lone Star State have largely targeted titles with LGBTQ themes, Black or Brown characters, or authors of the same backgrounds. In the 2022-23 academic year… Source

Voters fire book banners in Texas school board elections

Texas suburban voters removed hard-line book banners from a number of suburban Houston school boards. See article. In Fort Bend County Independent School District (FBISD), Afshi Charania and Angie Wierzbicki won election as trustees. Charania defeated...