Appropriate Materials Act News Today

The law allows parents, students and teachers to request to remove books from schools after teachers catalog them.

A new report from PEN America, the free speech organization, details a new rise of censorship efforts across the United States.

House members passed a bill to allow book publishers to be criminally prosecuted for sending obscene books to schools and school districts.

Incumbent Rep. Scott Cepicky has defeated Democratic opponent Jameson Manor in the Tennessee Nov. 8 election, results show.

'Statewide book bans' are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Some teachers consider boxing up their personal classroom library collections instead of following state guidance to catalog them book by book under a 2022 law.

The "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" would require school boards to review materials in libraries, removing items they consider inappropriate for children.

On Monday, the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" passed in the Tennessee House of Representatives; it will now reach the desk of Governor Bill Lee, awaiting a signature or a veto.

A new school library law backed by Gov. Bill Lee cleared the Senate Education Committee, as attempts to restrict materials continue across Tennessee.

A new school library law backed by Gov. Bill Lee cleared the Senate Education Committee, as attempts to restrict materials continue across Tennessee.