Education
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NEISD board approves library vetting process North East ISD administrators, at the school board’s June 10 meeting, sought to assure trustees they are working to further enhance a process to keep age-inappropriate books out of campus libraries. The overview The NEISD school board, which has four recently elected members, requested a review of the district’s system for vetting library materials. Several attendees of the board’s May 13 meeting complained that NEISD school libraries held books they described as having content of a sexual nature, profanity, or racial or sexually related slurs. Texas House Bill 900, passed by state lawmakers in 2023, requires school districts to use a rating system to vet and keep sexually explicit content out of campus libraries. But legal challenges to HB 900 have led to it not being officially enforced.
NISD board OKs 2% raise, $1,110 stipend The Northside ISD school board voted May 28 to approve a 2% pay increase for the 2024-2025 academic year and a one- time $1,100 retention payment for select employees. The setup Trustees passed district staff’s proposal to provide a salary hike of 2% for employees on midpoint pay grades, or the salary level that represents the market value of that job. For example, an employee earning $18.39 per hour with a 2% midpoint hike will see a new hourly rate of $18.79, according to NISD officials. A one time $1,100 payment will go to employees active as of June 7, 2024, or those who submitted their notice to resign or retire by that date.
Library transparency NEISD parents and community members may formally voice concern about questionable campus library content.
Parents/guardians may submit an online complaint about a book or use an opt-out form to choose their child’s level of access at www.neisd.net/Page/37619. The same link can also be used to officially request reconsideration of library material. Parents may view the history of books their child checks out in NEISD libraries at https://go.screenpal.com/watch/ cZhDF1VL0F8 A list of reviewed library books can be found at: www.neisd.net/library-services/ weeded-books
SOURCE: NORTH EAST ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
What they’re saying Superintendent Sean Maika urged NEISD resi- dents to be patient as the district further refines its vetting process. “What we’re asking librarians to do here is a very heavy lift,” he said.
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