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Humble ISD trustees discuss library council structure under SB 13; administration to draft application
Summary
Trustees reviewed Board Policy EFB and Senate Bill 13 requirements for a 14-member library council, agreed to an application process and asked administration to return policy edits at a future meeting so a council can be formed to hear book challenges.
Humble Independent School District trustees on Thursday discussed how to form a 14-member library council created under Senate Bill 13 and directed administration to draft a uniform application and recommended policy edits.
The council, as framed in the district’s draft Board Policy EFB, must have a majority of non-employee parents. Staff member Mister Binkley told trustees the law allows the board to appoint additional community or employee members, but a majority of voting members must be non-employee parents — with a 14-member council that means at least eight parents.
That requirement matters because Senate Bill 13 assigns library-challenge hearings to the council once the district elects to establish one. "The council makes recommendations. Any final decisions regarding library books … is made by the board," Mister Binkley said, adding…
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