{"id":1919676,"date":"2023-04-26T22:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T02:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-board-of-education-refuses-to-adopt-american-library-associations-anti-parent-policies\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T22:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T02:14:03","slug":"texas-board-of-education-refuses-to-adopt-american-library-associations-anti-parent-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-board-of-education-refuses-to-adopt-american-library-associations-anti-parent-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Board Of Education Refuses To Adopt American Library Association\u2019s Anti-Parent Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-board-of-education-refuses-to-adopt-american-library-associations-anti-parent-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1919676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Texas State Board of Education Rejects Anti-Parent Library Policies<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Parents concerned about left-wing agendas in their kids\u2019 classrooms won election to the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) last year and successfully rejected anti-parent library policies earlier this month. In a 10-5 vote, conservative board members overwhelmingly rejected the inclusion of several American Library Association (ALA) policies in the state\u2019s librarian certification requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The ALA has a long history of circumventing parental rights to fill local and school library shelves with pornographic, racist, and leftist propaganda. The certification board specifically asked the SBOE to rubber-stamp several references to the ALA\u2019s ethics and privacy policies in Chapter 19 of the Texas Administrative Code.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Parental Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Several conservatives on the SBOE firmly opposed the use of the national association\u2019s educator guidelines because the ALA\u2019s policies contradict explicit protections for parents in current state code. According to the Texas Education Code, \u201ca parent is entitled to full information regarding the school activities of a parent\u2019s child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a policymaker, in public education, but I\u2019m also a parent,\u201d veteran board member Will Hickman said to his colleagues during their general meeting in mid-April. \u201cAnd for me, the parents have the right to see what their children are learning, what their children are doing. I have one daughter who\u2019s 18 so I\u2019ve just lost all those rights. But until my kids turn 18, I get to oversee what they\u2019re doing and their education.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Expertise vs. Parental Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Some SBOE members had no problem with the ALA\u2019s continued hostility towards parental oversight. Board member Marisa Perez-Diaz said, \u201cThe ALA is a nationally respected institution and so those individuals are subject matter experts. I just want us to consider: We would never step into an operating room and tell doctors what processes and procedures to follow and not to follow because we don\u2019t have the expertise \u2026 and that\u2019s what I think this veto will do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another member, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, accused the conservatives on the board of leading \u201can unfounded attack on librarians, on their professional association\u201d and \u201cmoving in the direction of book burning, which is really counter to education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both members were quickly reminded by their colleague LJ Francis that it is \u201cwell within any member\u2019s right here to rule as they see fit and make any objections, amendments, or substitutions, irrespective of what an expert body might indicate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Children from Harmful Materials<\/h3>\n<p>During the board\u2019s Committee on School Initiatives meeting in mid-April, board member Julie Pickren asked if any Texas librarians have lost their certifications \u201cbased on pornographic materials and children?\u201d Emily Garcia, a Gov. Greg Abbott appointee serving as associate commissioner for Educator Preparation, Certification, and Enforcement, told the committee that the state had revoked some certificates but she wasn\u2019t sure how many.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the SBOE\u2019s veto, the state\u2019s certification board will need to rewrite its updated school librarian certificate guidelines without reference to the ALA and resubmit that for approval to the SBOE. This is a huge issue in our society right now, from our governor, to our legislators, to our board, to parents especially, and children and teachers,\u201d board member Julie Pickren said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\nJordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/american-library-association\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">American Library Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ \n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 classrooms got involved and won election to the board last year. 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