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A Republican state lawmaker has launched an investigation into Texas school districts over the type of books they have, particularly if they pertain to race or sexuality or "make students feel discomfort."
State Rep. Matt Krause, in his role as chair of the House Committee on General Investigating, notified the Texas Education Agency that he is "initiating an inquiry into Texas school district content," according to an Oct. 25 letter obtained by The Texas Tribune.
Krause's letter provides a 16-page list of about 850 book titles and asks the districts if they have these books, how many copies they have and how much money they spent on the books.
His list of titles includes bestsellers and award winners alike, from the 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron and Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates to last year's book club favorites: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall and Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
But race is not the only thing on the committee chairs list. Other listed books Krause wants school districts to account for are about teen pregnancy, abortion and homosexuality, including LGBT Families by Leanne K. Currie-McGhee, The Letter Q: Queer Writers Notes to their Younger Selves edited by Sarah Moon, and Michael J. Bassos The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality: An Essential Handbook for Todays Teens and Parents.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/26/texas-school-books-race-sexuality/
Skittles
(153,164 posts)what a fucking joke
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)(Seriously, I know they won't )
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)they will read with their eyes closed.
Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)to see if it was suitable for his flock, 15 times.
ecstatic
(32,705 posts)I briefly flirted with the idea of moving to Texas, at least temporarily. But that was before the power grid fiasco and before I learned about their psychotic governor.
Don't worry Texas, this blue voter will not move there. So you can stop the theatrics.
ananda
(28,862 posts)I think Dan Patrick is the worst in a way.