AUSTIN, Texas — A Central Texas school district is returning dozens of books to classroom shelves after pulling them for review last month to ensure they comply with a new state law.

Leander ISD decided to temporarily pause and review the 40 books because of Senate Bill 12 , which went into effect on Sept. 1.

SB 12, which supporters dubbed the Parental Bill of Rights, aims to give parents more authority over their children’s curriculum and extracurricular activities. It bans Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the more than 1,200 K-12 public school districts across Texas. It also bans teaching gender identity and sexual orientation while requiring parents to opt their children into sex education.

The district said it temporarily paused the instructional use of the boo

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