EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Among hundreds of new Texas state laws that went into effect on Sept. 1, one law will give parents with children in public schools greater control over what their children can read and check out at their school’s library.

Senate Bill 13 directs public school districts across the state to grant parents access to review their children’s school catalog of available library materials (books or other documents) and its records.

If parents find any library materials they deem are harmful to their children, they can submit a list of the materials to the school that they don’t want their children to be allowed to check out or use outside of the school library.

Many parents with children at public schools from El Paso ISD said they’re supportive of SB 13 as they said it a

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