Republican lawmakers in the Georgia Gold Dome backed a contentious trio of library laws this week that have parents, legislators and professional librarians divided.
One of the bills, Senate Bill 154, would allow school librarians to be criminally prosecuted for distributing material deemed “harmful to minors,” as currently defined in Georgia law.
Another bill, Senate Bill 365, would give parents more insight into what their children check-out from public school libraries.
S.B. 365 Overview
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