FILE- Books sit on display in classroom in Gervais, Ore. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. School library books are at the center of Senate Bill 1098 in Oregon's 2025 legislative session.

Providing access to books is one of the school librarian’s main priorities. Reading programs, promotions, book displays, community literacy events, summer reading, partnering with public ...

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. The goal ...

Book challenges have become more prevalent nationwide. In 2022, Colorado was home to nearly 10 percent of all book challenges, according to the American Library Association.

AUSTIN — School boards could pull books from school library shelves if they deem them profane or indecent under legislation given final passage Wednesday in the Texas House. Librarians, who are ...

Second, messages conveyed in school library books are diverse and contradictory — not endorsed by the state, as government speech must be,” said the document, which responded to a Nov. 15 ...

In Academy 20, four books were challenged over four months during the 2023-24 school year: “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “This One Summer” by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, “This ...

Republican legislators want to set up committee reviews of school library books to root out what they describe as “gross filth.” The bill passed its first House committee hearings on Tuesday.

Second, messages conveyed in school library books are diverse and contradictory — not endorsed by the state, as government speech must be,” said the document, which responded to a Nov. 15 ...

Larry McCormack/For Chalkbeat The Elizabeth school district must return 19 banned books to library shelves by April 5, a judge ordered. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.