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Parents and advocacy group urge district to resist book restrictions; parents press for action on Champions and summer-program changes
Summary
Public commenters warned that federal bill HR7661 could limit library materials and push districts into over‑removal of books; two parents described failures by the Champions extended-day vendor and a last-minute summer-camp registration policy change that left families unable to enroll children.
At the citizens-comment portion of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools meeting, three speakers urged the district to protect students’ access to literature and to address problems with outside providers.
Rachel Hayes, a member of CAPES (Canton and Plymouth Education Squad), told the board a federal bill moving through Congress, HR7661, would broadly and ambiguously define sexually oriented materials and could compel districts to remove books that reference gender dysphoria or transgender people. Hayes warned that,…
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