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Sumner County board debates new book-review policy, officials weigh local committees vs. board authority
Summary
Board members and staff spent the study session reviewing proposed revisions to policy 4.403 implementing the Age Appropriate Materials Act, debating whether school-level review committees should effectively decide appeals, how obscenity rules interact with the policy, and who may file complaints; staff promised a statutory summary and further drafts.
The Sumner County School Board spent an extended portion of its Feb. 7 study session reviewing proposed revisions to policy 4.403 on reconsideration of instructional materials and textbooks under Tennessee's new Age Appropriate Materials Act and related statutes.
Board President (addressed by the chair) introduced the draft and said he had combined previously distributed revisions and suggested language so the board could discuss them together. "If there is this ad hoc committee at the school level reviewing a challenged book and the decision is to remove the book, then that decision then for recommendation would come automatically to this board for consideration," the president said,…
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