The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected anti-parent library policies earlier this month, after parents concerned about the left-wing agendas pervasive in their kids’ classrooms got involved and won election to the board last year.
In a 10-5 vote, which exactly met a two-thirds majority threshold, conservative board members overwhelmingly rejected the inclusion of several American Library Association policies in the state’s librarian certification requirements.
A posted description of the State Board for Educator Certification’s proposed revisions sounds innocuous enough. They “would update the standards for the School Librarian and Reading Specialist certificates, would provide timelines for transitions for both certificates to the new standards for preparation purposes, and would provide technical edits as necessary,” the board agreed in February, before sending their proposal before the SBOE.
But the changes would have included an insidious condemnation of parents’ rightful involvement in their children’s education. The certification board specifically asked the SBOE to rubber-stamp several references to the ALA’s ethics and privacy policies in Chapter 19 of the Texas Administrative Code.
“As students and minors mature, it is increasingly important that they are provided with opportunities to exercise their curiosity and develop their intellect free from the chilling effects of surveillance by educators, peers, parents, or commercial interests,” the ALA’s Library Privacy Guidelines for Students in K-12 Schools state.
The ALA has a long history of circumventing parental rights to fill local and school library shelves with pornographic, racist, and leftist propaganda. Not only does Emily Drabinski, the
