Promoting Wholesome Content for Students
2025-2026 Session
Governing bodies of public school units shall adopt a policy for the selection and procurement of library media, including a recommendation review process [...] that includes the removal of media that no longer meets the criteria for approval and the periodic replacement or repair of media still of educational value. [...] The policy [...] shall meet the following requirements for media to be approved for addition to a school library: (c) [...] Material is not "appropriate for the age, grade level, intellectual development, and ability level" for any age or age group of children if it includes descriptions or visual depictions of sexual activity or is pervasively vulgar. [...] (g) Fiction, graphic novels, and narrative nonfiction, including memoirs and biographies, shall only be added for literary or artistic value.
Database of Rejected Materials. – The State Board shall maintain a database of all library media and materials rejected by public school units.
date | time | type | location | description |
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2025-04-15 | 14:00 | Hearing | 643 LOB | Education - K-12 Hearing |
2025-04-15 | 15:00 | Hearing | Auditorium LB | Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Hearing |
2025-04-15 | 15:00 | Hearing | Auditorium LB | Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Hearing |
2025-04-15 | 14:00 | Hearing | 643 LOB | Education - K-12 Hearing |
History
Date | Action |
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2025-04-17 | Regular Message Sent To Senate |
2025-04-16 | Amend Failed A1 |
2025-04-16 | Passed 2nd Reading |
2025-04-16 | Passed 3rd Reading |
2025-04-15 | Reptd Fav Com Substitute |
2025-04-15 | Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
2025-04-15 | Reptd Fav |
2025-04-15 | Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b) |
2025-04-15 | Placed On Cal For 04/16/2025 |
2025-04-14 | Serial Referral To Judiciary 1 Stricken |
2025-04-03 | Withdrawn From Com |
2025-04-03 | Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
2025-04-02 | Passed 1st Reading |
2025-04-02 | Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
2025-04-01 | Filed |