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District 11 board adopts revised library-resources policy, replaces "obscenities" with "obscene"
Summary
The District 11 Board of Education on Nov. 19 adopted revisions to policy IJL (library resources), approving an amendment that changes wording to require district media be "free of obscene and pornographic material." The board approved the amendment and then adopted the policy by roll call.
The Board of Education for District 11 voted on Nov. 19 to adopt a revised version of policy IJL, which governs library resource selection, maintenance and reconsideration. The board approved an amendment to change a wording choice in the selection section so that materials must be "free of obscene and pornographic material."
Why it matters: the policy defines how school libraries select and retain materials and how complaints and reconsiderations are handled. Language choices such as "obscene" versus "obscenities" frame whether reviewers apply a legal standard for obscenity or look at specific passages in context, and the board debated that distinction before adopting the revision.
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