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Committee considers bill to let districts cancel vendor contracts that include advertising in curated student databases
Summary
Representatives R. Bradley and J. Joseph told the House Education Committee their bill would let school districts void vendor contracts if curated K‑12 digital collections contain advertising, promotions, embedded links or URLs that direct students to commercial sites.
Representatives R. Bradley and J. Joseph presented House Bill 25‑11‑58 to the House Education Committee, saying the measure directs public‑school contracts to prohibit embedded commercial advertising, promotions, URLs or links in curated digital collections purchased for classroom use.
"This bill is not about censorship. I would never censor anyone," Representative Bradley said, describing the measure as a contractual accountability tool that would allow a district to end a vendor relationship if advertising or promotional links appeared in curated educational materials.
Sponsors told the committee their goal is limited: require vendors of curated educational databases to certify that materials provided for K‑12 use do not contain advertising or promotional links that expose students to vaping, alcohol, gambling, sexually explicit material or other commercial promotions. Bradley and Joseph described a strike‑below amendment that removed a public‑library component and placed accountability in the…
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