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Trustees remove a handful of children's titles from purchase list, approve amended library purchases after debate
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about challenged titles and incomplete challenger forms, the Seguin ISD board removed several elementary titles from a proposed purchase list (4‑1) and then approved an amended purchase list by the same margin. The district librarian said challenge forms often lacked completed answers and TSLA standards required by SB 13 are not yet published.
Trustees spent a large portion of their meeting on library materials after the district published a proposed book purchase list as required under SB 13.
District librarians presented the process and the review committee’s findings. The committee’s chair described more than 50 volunteer reviewers and said their recommendation was to keep the challenged titles in the high‑school collection. "I respectfully request that the school board vote to approve all titles on our book list," the district librarian said.
Trustees raised questions about several elementary and middle‑grade titles on the purchase list. Concerns…
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