The district now has 432 titles on its list of books under review for compliance with Senate Bill 13, which took effect at the beginning of the school year.

Students in the New Braunfels Independent School District can once again check out books from their school libraries after a temporary closure last week. However, these 81 titles are under review.

Dozens of people spoke at a special-called New Braunfels ISD board meeting after the closure of middle and high school libraries in the district.

NEW BRAUNFELS – A New Braunfels High School teacher died hours after he was placed on administrative leave following a complaint against him, a district spokesperson said. Chase Hyland was placed on leave by the district on Monday and was later found with a “critical injury” in Kerr County. A spokesperson with the New Braunfels Police Department confirmed there was an active investigation “regarding a possible improper relationship between an educator and a student at New Braunfels High School,” but said no charges had been filed yet. “The events that unfolded (Monday) are not anything we anticipated would happen but have become a reality,” an NBISD spokesperson said. According to the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, Hyland had been employed with NBISD for 10 years and was named NBISD Secondary Teacher of the Year in 2015.