Parents of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District students will be able to block...
Cy-Fair ISD Instructional Support Center building. Parents will be able to block their children from borrowing books from school libraries this year, under a new policy passed by the district’s board of trustees.Parents of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District students will be able to block their children from borrowing books from school libraries this year, under a new policy passed by the district’s board of trustees.
Last year, the Texas Legislature passed a law banning “critical race theory” from being taught in Texas schools, restricting how racism and the legacy of slavery can be addressed in class. There have also been efforts by the same groups to ban allegedly inappropriate books from schools and libraries.
Board members said the district created its policy based on a memorandum published in April by the Texas Education Agency. School leaders initially worried the policy would be result in libraries being closed at the beginning of the school year, as librarians and teachers started to review books for their levels. A large group of teachers and school district advocates also protested the policy over the burden it would put on teachers.
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