#BooksLibraries

Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-04-07

The future of funding that supports family reading programs, digitization of local archives and other library programming across Texas is unclear following a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2025-03-12
Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-10-22

A Montgomery County committee charged with reviewing and vetting certain library books was condemned by an international publishing company after allegations it incorrectly categorized a historical children's book as fiction.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-10-04

Records we obtained from Cy-Fair ISD show its board's focus on libraries came after three people with close ties to trustees Todd LeCompte and Lucas Scanlon, and LeCompte himself, accounted for 52 of the 58 book challenges in 2022-23.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-09-27
Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-09-11

After Cy-Fair ISD trustees eliminated more than half of the district's librarians, students and parents say their school libraries are open only part of the time this year. A fourth-grader at Fiest Elementary says that makes him "sad."

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-27

A Katy ISD student pointed out at Monday's board meeting that a copy of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" can be checked out of the Tompkins HS library. The trustees later voted to restrict books about gender fluidity in its campus libraries.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-26

A year after passing a controversial gender identity policy that prompted an ongoing civil rights investigation by the federal government, Katy ISD trustees are considering another gender-related measure pertaining to library materials.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-08-20

Katy school board trustees on Monday discussed a policy that would restrict from elementary and junior high libraries any books that discuss gender fluidity, giving district parents stronger authority on what books their children read.

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Houston Public Mediahoustonpublicmedia
2024-06-18

A month after voting to remove science textbook chapters that touch on topics such as climate change and vaccines, Cy-Fair ISD trustees have given themselves greater oversight over library materials in the Houston-area school district.

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