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Committee adopts substitute and advances bill to restrict school advertising and require local selection policies
Summary
The House Education Committee adopted a fourth substitute to HB197 and recommended the bill favorably after hearing testimony from librarians, parents and vendors’ concerns; the measure seeks LEA policies for selection of school materials and prohibits targeted advertising in school instructional databases.
The House Education Committee on Tuesday adopted a fourth substitute to HB197, a measure the committee’s sponsor said is designed to keep instructional materials focused on education and to stop vendors from marketing directly to students through school databases.
The substitute responds to recommendations from last year’s sensitive‑materials audit by directing local education agencies to adopt policies for selecting and maintaining classroom and library collections and by barring vendors from selling or promoting goods through digital instructional materials provided to contracting entities. The sponsor told the committee UETN…
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