Texas education board could ban textbooks that discuss gender identity under proposed bill

A poster encouraging students to read hangs on a wall at Vandegrift High School’s library in Leander on March 2, 2022. (Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

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Conservative lawmakers are trying to expand their war on books they find objectionable with a bill that critics fear would allow the state’s authorities on school curriculum to reject textbooks based on their political and religious beliefs.