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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alejandro Serrano

Federal appeals court questions Texas’ new school library regulations

Partitions sit on a table in the library at Judson High School on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 in Converse. The librarian purchased the partitions with her own funds for $7.50 each. Aisles of books are blocked off to control the flow of traffic through the library.
The Judson High School library in Converse in 2020. A new law regulating the books Texas public school students can access in their campus libraries has spurred an ongoing legal battle. (Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune)

Federal appellate judges Wednesday questioned a new Texas law requiring book sellers to rate the explicitness and relevance of sexual references in materials they sell to schools, though it was not clear if the court would allow the regulations to stand.

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