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In accordance with Texas Senate Bill 13, all proposed library materials will be posted for a 30-day public review period prior to school board consideration.
Lists will be posted approximately one month before the board meeting, and public comments will close the Monday prior to the meeting to allow time for preparation. All comments received will be included with the materials presented to the board.
Proposed Library Book Order Lists
Publicly Posted: 10-31-2025
Date of anticipated School Board approval: 12-9-2025
To make public comments on these books for the Board to consider, please email: librarybooks@jeffersonisd.org
Library Information
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Parents/Guardians – You can now view what books your child has checked out and set restrictions on particular books you don’t want them to access. Your email must be assosiated with your child’s Parent Portal. This is done when you submit your child’s registration. If you have not listed an email in your registration packet, contact your child’s campus PEIM’s clerk:
JES – Debil Allen – ddallen@jeffersonisd.org
JMS/JJHS – Jaime Wood – jlwood@jeffersonisd.org
JHS – Sissy Mauldin – pmualdin@jeffersonisd.org
Click the button below to access the Parent Library Access Tool.
Book title restrictions set by parents/guardians with the tool will immediately restrict library book checkouts.
Click this link for instructions on how to access the Parent Library Tool.
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Click the button “Library Catalog” below to search the JISD Library Catalog. This will take you directly to our District Home page, from which you can search any campus library catalog.
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Under Texas Education Code (TEC) §33.027, a parent, district employee, or person residing in a school district may submit a written challenge to any library material in a school’s library catalog. To submit a written challenge, an eligible individual must complete and submit the Library Materials Challenge Form. In accordance with TEC §33.027, an individual completing the form must identify how the challenged library material violates library standards adopted by the Texas State Library and Archive Commission (TSLAC).
A board of trustees must act on a written challenge at the first open meeting held after the 90th day after receipt of a written challenge. The board must act on an appeal at the first open meeting held after the appeal is filed. The the button below labeled “Library Materials Challenge Form to access the form.
Library Materials Challenge Form