Sumner County Library Board approves parental-resource placement rule after heated public comment
After nearly an hour of public comment on books for young readers, the Sumner County Library Board approved an amendment letting library directors create a parental resource section and instructing that "books in question" be placed on the top shelf in direct view of a library staff desk, when possible, at director discretion.
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The Sumner County Library Board on voice vote approved an amendment to Board Policy 2.01 to authorize library directors to establish a parental resource section in children's collections and to set placement guidelines for "books in question." The measure passed after an extended public-comment period in which speakers urged both stricter limits and protection for intellectual freedom.
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