Tex. Educ. Code § 35.005 · Chapter 35. REGULATION OF CERTAIN LIBRARY MATERIAL
PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIRED FOR USE OF CERTAIN LIBRARY MATERIALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not allow a student enrolled in the district or school to reserve, check out, or otherwise use outside the school library library material the library material vendor has rated as sexually relevant material under Section 35.002(a) unless the district or school first obtains written consent from the student's parent or person standing in parental relation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 808 (H.B. 900), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
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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.35.htm
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