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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1381 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new | |
| Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require a school that operates a library to place the library's catalog of library materials in a searchable database accessible over the Internet to a parent or guardian of a student at the school. Provides that a school board shall require a school that operates a library to allow a parent or guardian of a student at the school to prohibit the student from accessing any library materials that the parent or guardian designates. Provides that the school shall require the parent or guardian to designate in writing which library materials the parent or guardian is prohibiting the student from accessing, shall keep the written designation on file in the library, and shall prevent the student from accessing that material. |
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| | SB1381 | | LRB104 06544 LNS 16580 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
| 5 | | 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.88. Library materials database; restriction on |
| 8 | | student's access to library materials. |
| 9 | | (a) A school board shall require a school that operates a |
| 10 | | library to place the library's catalog of library materials in |
| 11 | | a searchable database accessible over the Internet to a parent |
| 12 | | or guardian of a student at the school. |
| 13 | | (b) A school board shall require a school that operates a |
| 14 | | library to allow a parent or guardian of a student at the |
| 15 | | school to prohibit the student from accessing any library |
| 16 | | materials that the parent or guardian designates. The school |
| 17 | | shall require the parent or guardian to designate in writing |
| 18 | | which library materials the parent or guardian is prohibiting |
| 19 | | the student from accessing, shall keep the written designation |
| 20 | | on file in the library, and shall prevent the student from |
| 21 | | accessing that material.
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| 22 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new) |