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Panel aligns school library-selection duties and cites Freedom-to-Read statements
3209545 · May 7, 2025
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Summary
Committee endorsed changes clarifying that school boards set library material policies while superintendents (or heads of independent schools) establish reconsideration and retention procedures; the draft also cites the 2002 ALA Freedom to Read statement and the 2024 Vermont Freedom to Read statement.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Senate Education Committee reviewed a technical amendment on May 6 that clarifies responsibility for school library material policies and procedures and adds references to national and state freedom-to-read statements.
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