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SB 787 Public school libraries; printed or audiovisual materials, selection, evaluation, & checkout proced.

Introduced by: Bill DeSteph | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public school libraries; printed or audiovisual materials; selection, evaluation, and checkout procedures. Requires each local school board to adopt policies addressing the selection and evaluation of all printed or audiovisual materials purchased by, donated to, or otherwise made available to the school division that will be made available to students in school libraries, with clear procedures for (i) mandatory prior written parental consent before a student is permitted to check out from the school library any such printed or audiovisual materials that depict a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration and (ii) handling challenged controversial instruction materials.


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