Updates

The Texas Senate passed a bill this week that would leave decisions on a school library’s catalog mainly up to parents and board members instead of librarians.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the Elizabeth School District to lift its ban on 19 books from school libraries. The district, located in eastern Colorado’s Elbert County, removed the books from shelves at the beginning of the school year.

This time last year, Oregon lawmakers came tantalizingly close to passing Senate Bill 1583 before it died last minute.

Ellen Hopkins’ New York Times bestseller “Tricks” has become the latest book — and the author’s third — to land on Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the state.