But it comes with a condition: The money should be spent on programs that get students reading and writing at grade level.

Under the bill, any books that have descriptions or visual depictions of sexual activity would be barred from public school ...

A new bill approved by a state House committee seeks to ban school library books depicting sexual activity and those considered pervasively vulgar.

North Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools.