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Despite the government's arguments to the contrary, DoDEA school libraries “lack the quintessential elements of government speech,” judge Patricia Giles held, explaining that public school libraries “have historically been loci of intellectual freedom.”
Next up, a six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be announced on November 18, 2025. The two medal winners will then be announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
The controversial 2023 law was viewed by many as the most high profile of a wave of book banning laws at the state level, requiring book vendors, as a condition of doing business with Texas public schools, to review books for sexual content.