A Lancaster County school district is updating its library selection policy in a way that could limit student access to books deemed too sexually explicit.
How much authority do school boards have to remove books, and at what point could a removal violate students’ First Amendment rights? Here is what legal scholars and school librarians have to say.
The Hempfield school board in Lancaster County voted to advance policies that would make it easier to challenge library books and teacher resources. One would limit access to “sexually explicit” books in school libraries.
The Hempfield School Board in Lancaster County adopted a policy last week that limits a student athlete’s participation to sports teams that align with their sex at birth
