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Georgia Senate considers controls on school libraries and criminal charges for librarians
Bookbans
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr.)
A proposal that would require school libraries to notify parents of every book their child checks out was advanced by Georgia senators Tuesday, while a proposal to subject school librarians to criminal charges for distributing material containing obscenity waits in the wings.