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Committee considers bill requiring districts to post material lists and a complaint process
Summary
Senate Bill 33 would require local school boards to adopt and post policies describing materials authorized for use, and set a process for parents to challenge allegedly age‑inappropriate or harmful materials; supporters said it increases transparency, critics warned it could enable censorship and burden school boards.
Concord — House committee members heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 33, which would require local school boards to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for student use and outline procedures to address parental complaints alleging material is harmful or age‑inappropriate.
Senator Kevin Avard, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure is designed to give parents a clear, accessible process to raise concerns and to hold locally elected school boards accountable. “If a parent sees that there's material that the students are using, which are extremely offensive … they have a right in this piece of legislation to go to the principal and say, look, I believe this is offensive,” Avard told the committee.
The proposal would require boards to show the…
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