HA 6 to HB 119

The bill contains a mechanism for “local education agencies” (i.e., school districts, vocational-technical schools, and charter schools) to consider objections to library materials. It also includes an appeals process conducted by local elected school officials to review these decisions. These officials are answerable to the citizens of the districts they serve, and their decisions should not be subject to being overturned by a committee of unelected officials lacking any accountability to local residents. As such, this amendment seeks to eliminate the secondary, redundant state appeals process for school library materials.