Resolution to Implement HB900 in Texas Public Schools (Updated)
The injunction on HB900 was stayed. HB900 is now in effect!
Resolution to Implement HB900 in Texas Public Schools
WHEREAS, graphic illustrations and/or descriptions of sexually explicit conduct as defined in 18 U.S.C § 2256 (8) are being found in books marketed to children, including graphic novels and young adult literature; and
WHEREAS, these sexually explicit materials are being found in tax-payer funded Texas public school libraries; and
WHEREAS, children are not physically, mentally, emotionally, or legally able to give consent to sexual conduct; and
WHEREAS, exposing children to sexually explicit materials is patently offensive to prevailing community standards and an affront to the sexual boundaries of children for which reasonable adults aim to uphold and protect as a measure against child sexual grooming and child sexual exploitation; and
WHEREAS, the sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children is a growing problem in the state of Texas that is made worse by the sexualization of children; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates American public airwaves for indecent and profane content between the hours of 6 AM and 10 PM when children might be present in the interest of protecting them from harmful speech; and
WHEREAS, the 88th Texas Legislature passed with bi-partisan support The R.E.A.D.E.R Act aka HB 900 by Representative Jared Patterson and Senator Angela Paxton which mandates new library standards for the collection and development of materials for public school libraries, and includes the prohibition of the possession, acquisition, and purchasing of materials that are sexually explicit; and
WHEREAS, HB900 is in effect and prohibits materials rated sexually explicit by vendors, materials that are pervasively vulgar, and materials that are educationally unsuitable in school and classroom libraries; now
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the (insert name of County GOP), urges all (insert all ISD/ local school boards) to direct their superintendents and administrators to ensure removal of all materials that are sexually explicit, pervasively vulgar, and educationally unsuitable from their school and classroom libraries immediately upon identification.
ADOPTED by the (Insert Name of County GOP Executive Committee) on the (date of passage).