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Committee rejects proposed requirement that challengers read entire book before filing complaint
Summary
The Policy Committee removed a Neola-proposed requirement that a complainant read a substantial portion of a challenged library resource; members said the change would unduly burden legitimate complaints and instead kept language asking complainants to explain their familiarity with the material.
The Policy Committee debated proposed changes to library and media center policy (2522) on Aug. 11 and decided not to adopt Neola’s suggested requirement that a complainant demonstrate how much of a book or resource they had read before filing a challenge.
Dr. Reuter explained the proposed revision would require challengers to state "how much of the entire book/resource being challenged has…
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