On June 1, 2026, LION submitted its first Texas Public Information Act request to Whitesboro Independent School District (WBISD), filed as WBISD-PIA-001.

The Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552) is the state’s open-records statute. It gives any person the right to request records from a Texas governmental body and generally requires the body to respond within ten business days.

WBISD-PIA-001 asks Whitesboro ISD for two categories of records:

1. A current complete library catalog, holdings inventory, or native library-management-system export — listing titles, authors, and copies — for every campus.
2. Any district-wide or campus-specific approved reading lists, supplemental materials lists, or English/Language Arts curriculum book lists used by teachers during the 2025–26 school year.

LION addressed the request to Superintendent Ryan Harper and asked for the records in electronic format, with a fee waiver under Texas Government Code §552.267.

Source: WBISD-PIA-001, filed June 1, 2026.

Errors or corrections: corrections@lionwatchtx.org