Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is directing the Texas Education Agency to investigate any pornography that may be in public schools and to report it to law enforcement if it's accessible to students.
"I am directing the Texas Education Agency to investigate any criminal activity in our public schools involving the availability of pornography," Abbott wrote in a letter Wednesday to Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath.
"During this investigation, I ask the agency to refer any instance of pornography being provided to minors under the age of 18 for prosecution to the fullest extent of the law."
In Texas, it is illegal to provide pornography to anyone under the age of 18 according to Section 43.24 of the Texas Penal Code.
Democrats in the legislature and reporters in media outlets often scoff at claims that there is pornography in schools, but parents across the state and across the country have recently read excerpts from books available in school libraries to school district officials in public. Some of the books describe graphic sex acts between underage children.
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