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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a procedure governing the removal of a book or other |
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media maintained by a public school teacher in a classroom. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.915 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.915. CLASSROOM BOOK REMOVAL PROCEDURE. (a) A school |
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district shall not remove a book or other media maintained by a |
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teacher in a classroom without following the same procedure |
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governing the removal of a library material maintained in the |
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catalog of a public school library. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |