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The stage is set in the Oregon Legislature for a final showdown over a bill that would prohibit removing or declining to carry books from school libraries solely because they are written by diverse authors or contain themes about race, gender, LGBTQ+ issues and other groups protected from discrimination under Oregon law.
Maricopa County will introduce a new pilot program allowing parents to place restrictions on what books their children can check out in the Queen Creek Library, the first of several potential changes at the county libraries amid criticism by conservative activists over books available on the shelves.
Colorado school districts will need to adopt policies by this fall about when and why library books can be taken from the shelves under a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday.
Oregon lawmakers are taking steps to protect access to library materials written by diverse authors or that include themes of race, gender or sexual orientation.
A group of school librarians, educators and families took part in a town hall to fight for increased funding of school libraries and to object to legislation aimed at banning certain books.
On a recent afternoon, Betsy Harrington used her laptop to scroll through pages of a book available in her teenage kids’ online school library. It’s a copy of “This Book Is Gay,” and she did not like what she saw.
North Dakota’s Republican governor on Wednesday vetoed bills to further restrict sexual content in libraries and to create a private school voucher program, rejecting two measures that have seen widespread support by GOP governors in other states.
In February, Radnor High School banned the books Gender Queer, Fun Home, and Blankets, after a parent reportedly complained to township officials that the books, which are graphic novels, contained child pornography. The superintendent of Radnor schools put together a committee to examine the books following the complaint, and the committee voted five to one […]
The US Naval Academy canceled a lecture that author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to give to students there last week after he refused to remove slides from his planned presentation that criticized the academy’s decision to remove nearly 400 books from its main library.
After fiery debate, a North Carolina bill advanced through the state House on Wednesday that gives parents a bigger say in which books are allowed — or banned — from the state’s public and charter schools.