{"id":284949,"date":"2025-10-07T22:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/284949\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:48:09","slug":"aisd-school-board-leaders-push-back-on-book-ban-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/284949\/","title":{"rendered":"AISD school board leaders push back on ‘book ban’ label"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABILINE, Texas \u2014 The second week of October is annual ‘Book Ban Week’ according to the American Library Association, and school districts across the Big Country have become a focal point for local debate. <\/p>\n

RELATED | Book Access Shifts in Texas Under SB 13, Abilene Resource Stands Firm<\/a><\/p>\n

After Texas Senate Bill 13 was passed in early September, parents and district leaders were granted more authority to decide what reading materials are appropriate for students. <\/p>\n

According to Abilene Independent School District Board Member, Blair Schroeder, the law establishes a formal process for districts to work with parents and community members to review books and determine what\u2019s appropriate for students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would argue that Senate Bill 13 is by no means a broad ban,” said Schroeder. “I think it’s important that as a community, we have a good faith dialog, and the best way to do that is to go through the appropriate channels.”<\/p>\n

Under the new protocol, parents and community members are encouraged to participate, by challenging books in the curriculum through the appropriate library directory. <\/p>\n

RELATED | Abilene ISD board approves new library advisory council amid Senate Bill 13<\/a><\/p>\n

Still, the new policy has sparked debate, with some in the community expressing concern that it could lead to censorship. <\/p>\n

District leaders, however, stress that the intent is not to limit ideas but to ensure materials are age and grade appropriate.<\/p>\n

According to Schroeder, the goal is to keep decision-making at the local level while maintaining community standards, but this is only possible if people are willing collaborators. <\/p>\n

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“We’re trying to create an opportunity to educate our kids,” Schroeder said. “It doesn’t need to be my side is bad, your side is good, or vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABILINE, Texas \u2014 The second week of October is annual ‘Book Ban Week’ according to the American Library…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":284950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[146850,16593,1022,411,67738,171,146852,146851,13185,358,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-284949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-abilene-independent-school-district","9":"tag-book-ban","10":"tag-books","11":"tag-censorship","12":"tag-community-members","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-local-level","15":"tag-reading-materials","16":"tag-senate-bill-13","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115335325775811622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}