US EditionSurvey Shows Most Albertans Don’t Want Province Setting Standards for School Library Books, Province Going Ahead
- On June 17, Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced plans to issue a ministerial order establishing comprehensive standards for the presence of explicit and mature content in K-12 school libraries.
- This action follows parental concerns about four graphic novels with nudity and 2SLGBTQ+ content found in Edmonton and Calgary schools.
- The government published two survey datasets, raw with nearly 197,000 responses and cleaned with about 77,000, showing nearly equal parent split on restricting or age-limiting such materials.
- Nicolaides emphasized that there is general agreement on the need to carefully consider the appropriate age for accessing certain content, while clarifying that the new regulations do not amount to banning books with diverse perspectives.
- The ministerial order expected by early July will task school districts with how to comply, aiming to keep explicit content inaccessible to elementary students in the 2025 school year.
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Rules for explicit books in Alberta schools on the way: education minister
Alberta Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides expects to have a ministerial order ready by the end of the month or early July, giving school boards broad guidelines for graphic and sexual materials in school libraries. But recent survey results suggest it's a divisive issue.
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Beyond Local: Education Q&A discusses new "age appropriate" book guidelines
Alberta's Education Minister, Demetrios Nicolaides, held a roundtable to discuss the province's newly proposed age-appropriate book standards for schools, sparking debate and raising questions about implementation and impact.
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