The committee can inquire about matters they consider 'necessary for the information of the legislature or for the welfare and protection of state citizens.'
A GOP lawmaker in Texas is investigating whether school districts in the state have copies of about 850 books related to race and sexuality after a number of districts apparently faced backlash from parents for having similar reads.
The committee can begin inquiries concerning matters they consider"necessary for the information of the legislature or for the welfare and protection of state citizens." His list of reading material includes the 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel"The Confessions of Nat Turner" by William Styron,"Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates and"What is White Privilege?" by Leigh Ann Erickson.
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