Tex. Educ. Code § 33.023 · Subchapter B. LIBRARIES
PARENTAL ACCESS TO LIBRARY CATALOG AND ACCESS BY THE PARENT'S CHILD TO CERTAIN LIBRARY MATERIALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall adopt procedures that provide for a parent of a child enrolled in the district or school to:
(1) access the catalog of available library materials at each school library in the district or school; and
(2) submit to the district or school a list of library materials that the parent's child may not be allowed to check out or otherwise access for use outside of the school library.
(b) The procedures adopted under Subsection (a)(2) must allow for a parent to submit a list of library materials through:
(1) an electronic or physical form; or
(2) the district's or school's online library catalog system.
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not allow a student to check out or otherwise use outside the school library a library material the student's parent has included in a list submitted under Subsection (a)(2).
(d) Notwithstanding Section 31.0211(c), a school district or open-enrollment charter school may use funds from the district's or school's instructional materials and technology allotment under Section 31.0211 for costs associated with complying with this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1126 (S.B. 13), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.33.htm
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