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Vermont school association asks lawmakers to clarify who writes library procedures, and to date‑stamp national statements

2956327 · April 11, 2025
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The Vermont School Boards Association told the Senate Education Committee on April 10 that Act 150 of 2024 needs technical fixes so superintendents, not school boards, adopt library procedures and so external library statements cited in the law are date‑stamped.

The Vermont School Boards Association told the Senate Education Committee on April 10 that changes made by Act 150 of 2024 require a technical fix to clarify who must adopt library procedures and that national library statements named in law should be date‑stamped.

The request matters because the law requires each school board and approved independent school to develop, adopt and enforce a library material selection policy and reconsideration procedures; the VSBA said the statute as written incorrectly assigns adoption of procedures to school boards rather than to the superintendent…

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