A Spring Branch ISD parent told ABC13 that more than 40 books were submitted for review this school year, a far cry from the eight submitted last year.
, political-action committee, spoke to ABC13 and said that more than 40 books had been submitted for review this school year. A far cry from the eight submitted in 2022 and the zero submitted in 2021.
"If there's a particular book that, as a parent, I don't want my child to read, then that's between me, as the parent, and my child. It's not between me and the school. I don't have the right to remove a book for an entire school or an entire district based on my feelings about the book," Dr. Margaret Hale of the University of Houston College of Education said.
A list shared with ABC13 by a district spokesperson shows titles submitted for reconsideration, including "Magic Treehouse: Dragon of the Red Dawn" and "Dog Man: a Tale of Two Kitties." Sources tell ABC13 they believe innocuous reads are being submitted for review to clog up the system, prompting the Monday evening vote.
"For every action, there's a reaction, and so the push to begin to ban books has also brought out counter-opponents who want to keep the books there," Jones said.
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