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Board hears plan to expand parental‑choice pilot and move certain juvenile health titles out of children’s sections
Summary
County manager briefed supervisors on a parental‑choice pilot launched in Queen Creek; staff recommended expanding the program to all 14 county library branches, relocating certain juvenile sexual‑health books to adult collections, and developing policies for unattended minors and category‑based software controls.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors received an update from county staff on a parental‑choice pilot program at the Queen Creek Library that allows parents to identify specific titles they do not want their children to access. County staff said the pilot launched May 1 and that library staff are educating patrons about the option.
County manager (presented on the record) told the board the county system has 14 branches, with library ownership and funding varying by location: some libraries are municipally owned with the county funding operations; others are county owned and funded. The county reported 144,000 active library cardholders, roughly 585,000 physical items in circulation that generated about 3.4 million checkouts in fiscal year 2024. The summer reading program had approximately 97,000 participants last year and is on pace to exceed 100,000…
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