SCHOOL-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Summary
Creates the Let America Read Act. Provides that an entity or an entity's staff with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school may not refuse to approve or prohibit the use of books, instructional materials, or a curriculum, including, but not limited to, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies, based upon the depiction of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity, religion, or human rights activism. Provides that these provisions do not restrict an entity with oversight over the books, instructional materials, or curriculum used in a public school from imposing limitations on the access to books, instructional materials, or a curriculum based upon the age and developmental level of the students who will have access. Amends the School Code to set forth a penalty for a school district that violates the Act.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2024
Last action May 14, 2024
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Total actions
14
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Committee
1
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Simmons-Gessesse
DDemocratic
Co
Adriane Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Javier Cervantes
DDemocratic
Co
Karina Villa
DDemocratic
Co
Lakesia Collins
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Ellman
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Fine
DDemocratic
Co
Mary Edly-Allen
DDemocratic
Co
Rachel Ventura
DDemocratic
Co
Ram Villivalam
DDemocratic
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