Fort Bend ISD Trustees Clash Over Book Ban Policy Amid Calls for Superintendent to Decide

Contemporary debates over the boundaries of discourse within educational spaces continue to unfold in Fort Bend ISD as trustees debate a policy shift that may centralize decisions on book bans. At a recent board workshop, Superintendent Marc Smith indicated that while new policy proposals would grant him sole authority to review contested library content, he would likely continue to delegate these considerations to a committee of educators. The superintendent stressed the importance of inclusive dialogue in these deliberations, according to the Houston Chronicle.