Texas House Bill 3979

BookmarkED Addresses the State of Challenged Books with Industry-First Technology to Enable Parental Choice in School Libraries

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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BookmarkED , the industry-first technology solution to personalize libraries with parental choice, has announced its official launch in Texas.

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  • BookmarkED , the industry-first technology solution to personalize libraries with parental choice, has announced its official launch in Texas.
  • BookmarkED’s technology addresses the current state of challenged books by fostering parental choice to decide what books their children have access to, based on their family’s values and interests.
  • Accessing state and nationwide, real-time, factual data on challenged books in district libraries.
  • Libraries currently rely on challenged book data from the previous year, which is quickly out of date as more books become challenged.

CENTEGIX Applauds Texas after Alyssa's Law Officially Enacted

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CENTEGIX™, the leader in incident response solutions, commended Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature following the signing of Alyssa's Law. The legislation will require Texas public and charter schools to provide all classrooms with silent panic alarm technology.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CENTEGIX™, the leader in incident response solutions, commended Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature following the signing of Alyssa's Law.
  • The legislation will require Texas public and charter schools to provide all classrooms with silent panic alarm technology.
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs school safety legislation, Alyssa's Law
    "Today, Texas has proven itself to be a nationwide leader in school safety," said CENTEGIX CEO Brent Cobb.
  • Thanks to leaders like Governor Abbott, Representative Thierry and Senator Creighton in supporting this important legislation, Texas students, teachers and parents can all rest a little easier."