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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/49635

Book vendors selling to Texas public schools, ranging from national sellers like Amazon to local bookstores with eight employees, must now rate all the books they sell based on sexual content, according to new legislation signed into law on June 12.

If the book vendor fails to comply with state library standards that will be in place by January 1, 2024, they’d be barred from selling to Texas public schools.

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[–] Gumby@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now California needs to make a law that any books that have a sexual content rating cannot be sold to public schools. Vendors can then choose between which state they want to sell.

[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This book is known in the state of California to be potentially cancerous.

[–] PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Better to provide context than promote censorship.

[–] Pepper@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Vendors will up the cost to cover additional labour, the books won't be in the school budget anymore and conservatives'll have got what they wanted