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Board hears overview of new state law requiring libraries to adopt collection, program and reconsideration policies

5967886 · October 9, 2025
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Board members were briefed on Connecticut Senate Bill 271 (2025) and told library staff have prepared policy drafts the state will review before the board sees them for approval.

At the Oct. 9 meeting the Norwalk Public Library Board was briefed on Senate Bill 271, legislation passed by the Connecticut General Assembly on May 31, 2025, that the board’s speaker said requires school boards and public libraries to develop three policies: a collection development and maintenance policy, a library program and…

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