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Board reviews draft library materials policy; member seeks addition barring sexually explicit content
Summary
In a first read of a new IJL policy to align Garrett County schools with Maryland law on library materials, a board member asked the superintendent to add language barring "explicit content" from school library materials; the item will return for board consideration next month.
The Garrett County Board of Education reviewed a first draft of a new policy (IJL) and revised procedure to govern the selection and review of school library media materials and objections to them.
The policy was introduced as aligning local practice with the Freedom to Read Act and provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Education Article 4-142 and related COMAR language) that require procedures for handling objections while protecting against content removal based solely…
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