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Committee advances draft parental-control provisions for library materials, sets limits on book challenges
Summary
Upper Adams SD policy committee discussed a hybrid library/classroom materials policy with parental opt-in for explicit materials, agreed to remove 'and excessive' from definitions, and set a tentative limit of three challenges per year and one challenge per person per school year; committee sent the library-materials draft to first read.
The policy committee spent the bulk of the meeting refining a draft policy on library materials and parental controls that would identify "explicit" content, require parental opt-in for access, and set procedures for challenges and reconsideration.
Committee members reviewed a hybrid draft, a March proposal and an October proposal, and agreed to begin with the confidentiality section and definitions before addressing parental-control language. A committee member proposed sample opt-in wording: "By signing this document, you are giving permission for your child to be provided with books and instructional materials that may include written or visual depictions of explicit conduct…
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