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State Board of Education says it wants more control over public school library books

A majority of the panel voted to call on the Texas Legislature to pass a state law giving members the authority to determine age-appropriate books for students.

Books line shelves at the Walsh Middle School library in Round Rock on July 11, 2022.

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