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Chatham County Schools outlines rollout for House Bill 805: searchable library catalog and phased classroom inventories

Chatham County Board of Education · November 4, 2025
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District technology staff said parents will be able to search school library catalogs and opt their child out of specific library books online under House Bill 805; classroom libraries will be inventoried in phases with a goal to publish grade/subject group lists by the end of the second quarter.

Mark Sandberg, chief of technology and school accountability, presented the district's plan to implement House Bill 805, which requires parent access to searchable catalogs of school library books and a process for parents to identify books they do not want their child to borrow.

Sandberg said the district currently has an online catalog and that parents with an email address matching Infinite Campus can request a code to log in and view books checked out by their child. The district plans a four-phase implementation through the remainder…

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