DALLAS — A national free speech organization is raising alarm over Texas lawmakers’ “dangerous escalation” of efforts to restrict what books are available to students at school.
This week state Rep. Tom Oliverson, a Cypress Republican, filed a bill that would create state-mandated ratings for school library books based on what’s age appropriate.
But such a system gives “unprecedented power” to government officials to dictate what students and families can read, which could be determined based on subjective and potentially politicized decisions, officials at PEN America said in a release.
