Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 28, 2023
- Done: House committeeMarch 1, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 597
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 597 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 597 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Schools, charter schools, and nonpublic schools would be required to teach lessons and provide library materials that are age-appropriate for students. This means teaching methods and topics must match a child's typical mental and emotional development, and library books cannot include descriptions or pictures of sex acts. Each school district must also have a trained teacher librarian to manage the library and work with other teachers to meet these standards.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to education, including modifying provisions related to school district library programs and the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.11 (educational standards) requires that the educational program adopted by the state board of education for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools be taught from a multicultural and gender-fair approach. The bill provides that the educational program shall also be taught from an age-appropriate approach. _____ emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group. Additionally, the bill provides that “age-appropriate” does not include any material with descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act. The bill does not affect the definition of “age-appropriate” in the context of the human growth and development curriculum.11, contains only age-appropriate materials, and supports the student achievement goals of the total school curriculum. The bill requires a qualified teacher librarian to direct the library program and provide services in support of the curricular goals of each attendance center. The qualified teacher librarian shall be a member of the attendance center instructional team with special expertise in identifying resources and technologies to support teaching and learning. The bill establishes that the qualified teacher librarian and classroom teachers are to collaborate to develop, teach, and evaluate attendance center curricular goals, with an emphasis on certain specified goals. The bill requires library programs to be regularly reviewed and revised and to be designed to provide for methods to improve library collections to meet student and staff needs, make connections with parents and the community, support the school district’s school improvement plan, provide support for professional development for the qualified teacher librarian, provide current electronic resources to ensure that students become skillful and discriminating users of information, include a current and diverse collection of materials in a variety of formats to support student and curricular needs, and include a plan for annually updating and replacing library materials, supports, and equipment. _____ legal and ethical use of information resources.
House subcommittee
Named February 28, 2023. On March 1, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
20 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 21, 2023 (1), March 1, 2023 (19) · on the Legislature’s site
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