S.C. House Bill Wants Statewide Rule for School Library Book Challenges — The Anderson Observer

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S.C. House Bill Wants Statewide Rule for School Library Book Challenges — The Anderson Observer

BY: ABRAHAM KENMORE/S.C. Daily GazetteCOLUMBIA — A regulation creating a statewide system for challenging and removing books from school libraries advanced to the House floor Tuesday as the session winds down.The regulation, approved in February by the South Carolina Board of Education, would rule that “sexual conduct” can’t be in library books, textbooks or any other classroom materials. But to take effect it needs approval by lawmakers.The pro…