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Bill Detail: SB24-049

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Title Content of Material in Libraries
Status Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/28/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
House Sponsors E. Hamrick (D)
J. Joseph (D)
Senate Sponsors L. Cutter (D)
C. Kolker (D)
House Committee
Senate Committee Education
Date Introduced 01/12/2024
Summary

The bill establishes a process by which a student, parent, or
member of the community may object to a library resource in a school or
public library. Each library resource that is reconsidered pursuant to the
process must be evaluated based on standards applied by a committee for
school libraries and a director of a public library. Members of the
committee for school libraries are appointed by the superintendent of the
school district, and the committee covers reconsideration requests in all
schools in the district. For public libraries, the director is selected by the
library's board of trustees and covers the library or libraries in the library
district.
A library resource may not be removed while a request for
reconsideration is pending. A principal, librarian, media specialist, other
employee, contractor, or volunteer may refuse a directive to remove a
library resource if such an individual has a good faith belief that the
directive conflicts with law or policy established pursuant to the bill, and
such an individual may not be subjected to retaliation.
The bill prevents the state board of education from waiving the
requirements of the bill as they are applied to public schools, district
charter schools, and institute charter schools.
The bill specifies that it is a discriminatory practice and unlawful
for anyone to discriminate against anyone in the selection, retention,
reconsideration, or display of a library resource.

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