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Board
Action Required for Acquisition of Library Materials
• Requires Board to adopt policy for acquiring library materials, including procedures for the purchase of library materials and receiving donated materials by the 2025-26 school year to: o Approve all donated and purchased / procured library materials, with LSLAC recommendation if applicable o Publicly ost proposed lists at least 30 days before approval o Vote on the list at the first Open Meeting after the 30 days o Ensure compliance with statutory library standards
• Requires TEA to publish a model policy for districts
• Clarifies each trustee ' s right to: o Review proposed lists o Propose changes before Board action
• Prohibits adding donated materials until Board approval
• Exempts review and approval for items that: o Replace a damaged copy with the same ISBN o Share the same ISBN / grade level approval as existing material
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Library Materials
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Challenges & Appeals
• Authorizes written challenges by parents, district employees, or residents
• Requires use of a TEA-adopted form, identifying the alleged violated statutory standard
• Requires removal of challenged materials from student access until resolved
0 Board Review of Library Materials Challenges
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• If there is no LS LAC, or if the Board is responding to an LS LAC recommendation or an appeal of district action based on such a recommendation, the Board must consider: o LSLAC advice, if applicable o Whether material is subject / grade level appropriate based on:
■ Compliance with statutory standards
■ Reviews by academic experts in the material ' s
30 subject or relevant grade level
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Challenge
Timelines
• Requires delivery of the challenge to the LSLAC( if exists) within 5 days of receipt
• Requires LSLAC to make a recommendation within 90 days
• Requires Board to hear and act on challenges at the first Open Meeting after: o 90 days if no LSLAC o LS LAC recommendation or appeal filing, if LSLAC exists, on the first open meeting following the LS LAC recommendation or filing
• Allows a separate challenge review committee if: o Members are appointed by the Board o Membership includes a majority of parents not employed by the district
• Allows LSLAC to base its recommendation on such a committee ' s findings
• Allows appeals of district actions to the Board
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Challenged Library Materials
• Requires notification that a material was determined to be inappropriate to relevant teachers if material is removed, instructing them to remove it from classroom libraries
• Clarifies that a district is not required to take any action on written challenges to materials that were retained after a previous challenge for 2 years o =