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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-142" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>It is the policy of the State that each local school system operate its school library media program consistent with the following standards:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The materials, services, and resources provided in a school library media program are provided for the interest, information, and instructional support of students and school personnel of the schools the program serves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Materials may not be excluded from a school library media program solely because of the origin, background, or views of the individual who created the material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Materials may not be excluded or removed from the catalogue of a school library media program because of partisan, ideological, or religious disapproval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local school system shall develop and implement a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in the school library media program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The policy and procedures developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Establish a uniform process to submit an objection to materials in a school library media program by a student, parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school in the local school system, or school personnel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Require materials under review due to an objection to remain available for use by students and school personnel until the review process has concluded; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Establish a reasonable timeline to conduct and conclude the review process in a timely manner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A county board may not dismiss, demote, suspend, discipline, reassign, transfer, or otherwise retaliate against a librarian, a certified library media specialist, or school library media program support staff for performing their job duties consistent with the standards described under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
