Alberta goes through with banning sexually explicit books under new school library standards

Ayotte vetoes Republican-backed public school book ban bill

The book ban bill vetoed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte would have allowed parents to request books, films, and other items that depicted nudity and sexual contact to be removed from their child's school.

Some Virginia school divisions inaccurately citing 2022 state law to remove books from libraries

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A new state report has found that some school divisions in Virginia have been inaccurately citing 2022 state law as justification for removing books from school libraries.  “This is an interesting circumstance where there’s a law in place that has been used, but the law was never really intended for that use in the first place,” Justin Brown, Associate Director of the non-partisan Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commis…

Nenshi calls UCP school library ban on explicit content “performative”

Source: XAlberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is accusing the UCP government of political theatre over its newly announced restrictions on sexually explicit material in school libraries, calling the move “purely performative” and driven by “far-right US advocacy books.”In response to a question from True North during a press conference Monday, Nenshi dismissed the initiative entirely.Thanks for reading The Counter Signal! This post is public so feel…

Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's rules on explicit sex books are reasonable. Don't believe the fake news

The province did not ban depictions of hugging and kissing in school libraries, as some media reports initially suggested

Library board to vote on revised book ban policy

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — St. Charles City-County library officials are revising a proposal that some patrons worried would give the system's trustees too much power to ban books.

Beyond Local: A look at new rules for school library books and what won't be allowed on shelves

The new rules for school libraries in Alberta aim to target explicit sexual content, with the intention of shielding young students from inappropriate material, while maintaining access to a range of other resources.