TX Freedom to Read Project

@ProtectSaladoKs @frankstrong @HicklandHillary Where are your numbers coming from? Because ours come from information sent to us by New Braunfels ISD. If you click on the links in our post- that you screenshotted- you can see the 600+ titles that have been labeled “weeded:SB 13,” “re-placement” (aged up) and “restricted” (AP)

@frankstrong @HicklandHillary “Some” of the texts? As of Wednesday, 8 have been removed and 14 have been aged up. Your article states unambiguously that 600+ have been removed and 800+ have been aged up. That’s a discrepancy of ~600 and ~800, respectively. Will you correct the record?

@frankstrong wrong again. However, I’m grateful for your insight on which ISD’s are poorly informed on the law. The goal has always been to protect children. Move away from the dark side, bro.

From Kalyn Gensic: "I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather, but I enrolled in a librarian program hoping it would pass over me like lamb’s blood was painted on my doorframe. ..." texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-li…

Texas librarians, parents, and fighters for the freedom to read, you need to read this! This is what it looks like to be courageous in the fight for the freedom to read. Share your stories!

@HicklandHillary @NewBraunfelsISD How could they put a book back that wasn’t ever in their library? Are you just making stuff up now?

@TXFreedomRead @NewBraunfelsISD Not this one either

Hey @NewBraunfelsISD tell your maga conservative school board that book banning State Rep. @HicklandHillary thinks you all are foolish for over complying. And all the books you have removed should go back immediately!

@Bentley4Texas @Carrollisd Or this book parents and the school board just banned in @ConroeISD. Shame on you for blaming this on librarians. This is ALL coming from YOUR people. instagram.com/p/DTgrDiBDYJC/…

@Bentley4Texas This is hilarious. The law is a disaster. And the librarians are doing great where they don’t have politically motivated school boards & politicians forcing them to pull books left and right. Like this book the parents & trustees did in @Carrollisd instagram.com/p/DRB3XtNjm1I/…

It's not hard to comply with SB 13. The law is clear. A competent librarian can figure it out. #txlege #ProtectKids

@HicklandHillary A reasonable parent 👀? She’s calling these books inappropriate and disgusting for elementary schools:

Hey @TXFreedomRead, hear from another reasonable parent.

@GabsClark5 @frankstrong @HicklandHillary Ma’am are these the “inappropriate” books you find “disgusting?” Because these are what’s being removed in that 60. Did you even bother looking at the list before calling them inappropriate or disgusting?

@frankstrong @HicklandHillary There 60 inappropriate books in elementary schools. That’s disgusting. And I remember reading inappropriate books in grades 6-12 . I’m 49. Very inappropriate. This goes back decades. If parents want to let their kids read that foolishness, they can order those books from Amazon.

He lies. Found it in New Braunfels Middle School.

@HicklandHillary @NewBraunfelsISD The Librarians know very clearly that the books don’t violate SB13. Thank you Hilary for proving them right! This is coming from their school board who is up for re-election this year. Now we’re hoping @NewBraunfelsISD will listen to you and put all the books back!

@TXFreedomRead @NewBraunfelsISD Yall just showed that AI does a better job. Makes sense why districts are eliminating these positions. Librarians, TX Freedom to Read Project is hurting you.

@HicklandHillary @frankstrong @ScottStrawn54 @Bentley4Texas As if it’s librarians making these decisions. You’re hilarious.

@frankstrong @ScottStrawn54 @Bentley4Texas @TXFreedomRead School librarians should blame Frank when the positions are eliminated. He’s making you look incompetent and unnecessary.

What we’re finding isn’t surprising. After all, we repeatedly warned the state legislature that these laws would cause significant harm. But we’re never not astounded at the stupidity of what’s being removed from TX libraries. We’ll be sharing our findings over the coming months.

@HicklandHillary @grok We’re thrilled that you recognize how absurd these school boards are in forcing over compliance! Can you do @Carrollisd next? And maybe you can call @unitedisd too! Better yet, every time we find a school districts over complying with this stupid law, we will just tag you!

Hey @grok, do these books violate SB 13?

@ScottStrawn54 @HicklandHillary @frankstrong Have you read the law? It’s a bad law. It’s unworkable. And the over compliance and misapplication of the law is due in large part to people like Hilary and other serial book banners who harass and intimidate school districts that don’t remove the books they want removed.

@TXFreedomRead @HicklandHillary @frankstrong Who do you think is responsible for misapplying the law? Your argument is that the law will be misapplied which means it’s a bad law (to you). How about we teach people to apply the law with common sense instead of arguing against a common sense law.

@HicklandHillary But the law is the problem Hilary. And warned you it would do this. Books like this are permanently being removed from school libraries through SB13 ⬇️

I can do this all night. Looks like the law isn’t the problem. Thanks for playing, ya weirdo.

@HicklandHillary @ScottStrawn54 @frankstrong Except the AP English kids or the private school kids right? They don’t need protecting?

@ScottStrawn54 @TXFreedomRead @frankstrong Easy default: just do what’s right for kids.

I'm excited to share this interview I did with education researcher Jennifer Ervin about her work studying the impacts of educational gag orders and book bans on teachers. It gets right to the heart of how so many of us are feeling now: hypervisible, under attack. Link ⬇️

@MaryDunlaphome @JackyBesinger Would love to carve out some time to discuss further. Maybe there’s a way we can work together to reign TEA and the SBOE in on this one. Shoot us a DM or an email and we can find a way to connect.

@TXFreedomRead @JackyBesinger You would be surprised about our common ground. Team work makes dream work

The sad status of education in Texas sits on the shoulders of the Texas LT. Governor, Governor and TPPF. They have refused to collaborate with professional educators, parents, or the schools themself. TX under Greg Abbott has been in an absolute free fall, in every area. Every Agency that involves human centered: CPS, TEA, HHS…… I would argue his political stunt, of funding and transporting ( plane and bus) undocumented immigrants across the US is responsible for the Islamic uprisings and chaos we see on the streets by illegal immigrants. The work in Mississippi is evidence that resolving the failing academic achievement of fundamental elements like reading and math could be quickly resolved; if the focus were not on Morath’s data technocratic agenda, and Abbot’s abolishing local government taking with it the constitutional republic. More than 50% of 1 generation will be illiterate if Texans do not Fire Abbott and Morath at the polls!

@JackyBesinger @MaryDunlaphome We might not agree on everything, but we are with y’all on opposing this list & this level of state control in our kids’ public school classrooms! #texasparents united against this TEA mandated book list. Thanks for calling this out!

Are you aware that the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) directed the Texas Education Agency (TEA) regarding the well-known book list for social studies/language arts? This will eventually be the required reading list K-12 for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to consider adopting. It is quite evident who is in control of the agency and the majority of the SBOE members.

ICYMI: The State Board of Education chose not to vote on the proposed required reading list, pending more input from teachers & community members. This is great news: the board listened to us when we told them the list had many problems! texastribune.org/2026/01/28/tex…