School boards, local; standards for certain public school library materials, parental review.
Summary
Superintendent of Public Instruction and localschool boards; standards for certain public school library materials;parental review of library and other educational materials. Requiresthe Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop and distribute to each local school board and each such school board to enforcethroughout the local school division mandatory statewide standardsfor evaluating, classifying, and removing from any public elementaryor secondary school library any explicit material. The bill alsopermits the Office of the Attorney General to enforce compliancewith such standards in any local school division. The bill also establishesmeans and processes for the review of education materials and thereview and approval of library materials by parents, including requiringthe parents of all students who attend a public elementary or secondaryschool to comprise the Parental Review and Approval Committee forsuch school and requiring such Committee to review and vote to approveor disapprove of each item on a list of proposed library materialsdistributed to it by the school.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103773D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
Co
Wendell Walker
RRepublican
Co
Wren Williams
RRepublican
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