[Vision2020] "Proposal would let schools ban books" (fwd)

[Tim Lohrmann]

Visionaries,
Imagine that--parents having input into the running of
a school their own child attends.
What an outrage!!

Don't all schools have discretion on what sort of
literature they want to allow the taxpayer's money to
be spent on?
If not, they certainly should. 

I can think of all sorts of books that would be unwise
for a school to endorse by allowing them in the
library. I'm sure most school librarians would agree. 
  TL


--- Debbie Gray <dgray@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> Thought some visionaries might be interested in the
> following item. This
> last week, Post Falls schools recently were
> challenged for allowing  'The
> Chocolate Wars' to circulate in the junior high. A
> parent complained and
> now if someone wants to check it out, they must get
> permission from their
> parents...
> 
> --------------------------FWD-----------------------
> >From the Thursday edition of the Idaho Statesman:
> 
> 
> Proposal would let schools ban books
> 
> A bill that would allow local school boards to ban
> certain books from
> school libraries will be considered in the House
> Education Committee.
> Introduced by Rep. Peter Nielson, R-Mountain Home,
> on Wednesday, the bill
> says individual school boards may exclude "any
> materials that do not
> support the definition of a thorough system of
> public schools,"
> established by Idaho law.
> 
> The section of law referenced in the bill mentions
> basic values such as
> honesty, self-discipline and respect for authority.
> 
> Nielson said it s his intention that local school
> boards are simply made
> aware that they have the option to pull books off
> library shelves.
> 
> "We require quite a few things that do not foster
> self-discipline,"
> Nielson said. "Some library books have a
> preponderance of swear words,
> they mention sexual acts. These are the kinds of
> things I want them to
> look at."
> 
> Edition Date: 02-20-2003
> 
>
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