Governor Calls on Texas Association of School Boards to Remove ‘Pornographic Images and Substance’ From Schools

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “pornographic images and substance” don’t belong in schools, according to a Monday letter he wrote to the Texas Association of School Boards.

Abbott warned about a growing number of parents who are increasingly alarmed by the books and other “extremely inappropriate” content found in the public school education system, but did not give any specific example in the letter addressed to Dan Troxell, executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards.

The Texas Association of School Boards has “an obligation to determine the extent to which such materials exist or are used in our schools and to remove any such content,” the letter said. “You must also ensure transparency about the materials being taught in the classroom and offered in school libraries.”

“These parents are rightfully angry,” Abbott wrote. He said parents have the right to “shield” their children from “obscene content.”