Conservative state lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills targeting the school finance system, LGBTQ+ students, undocumented immigrant children, and more.

As a result, "numerous books, including the full text of the ... Patterson cited a part of the Texas education code that requires schools to carry "religious literature, including the Hebrew ...

House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials ... by vendors as “sexually relevant” and giving the Texas Education Agency authority to review a vendor’s rating.