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Committee approves bill setting statewide rules for school library reviews and protecting librarians
Summary
Senate Bill 63, which requires school districts to adopt public, nondiscriminatory library-resource policies, limits who may request reviews and protects staff from retaliation, passed the House Education Committee after extensive testimony for and against.
The House Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 63, a bill that requires school districts to adopt transparent library-resource review policies that prohibit discrimination, limit who may file challenges and protect library staff from retaliation.
Sponsors Representative Garcia Sander and Representative Wilford said the measure is intended to preserve students' access to diverse viewpoints and to ensure that decisions about school collections follow consistent, nondiscriminatory standards and documented procedures. "This bill is not a ban on bans," Rep. Garcia Sander said; "it establishes and upholds our commitment as a state to ensure that discrimination does not occur in…
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