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Read 1,000 books with your child before Kindergarten
The ‘1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program’ encourages early literacy skills by having parents read one thousand books with their children before they start kindergarten.
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Impacts unclear as Marfa ISD adopts controversial, state-mandated school library policy
MARFA — Marfa ISD School Board members voted to approve a new school library policy this week relating to HB 900, a controversial bill signed into law this past legislative session aimed at preventing “sexually explicit” materials from entering Texas’ public school libraries and requiring parental consent for any “sexually relevant” materials.
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Texas author Chris Barton testifies against anti-library, anti-bookseller House Bill 900
On May 11, 2023, I was among a group of librarians, booksellers, parents, and one amazing eighth grader who testified — many of us after waiting more than ten hours — to the Texas Senate Committee on Education in opposition to House Bill 900.