This bill establishes prohibitions for school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools regarding their interactions with public libraries and mobile libraries. Specifically, it prohibits these educational institutions from entering into agreements that would allow students to use identification cards issued by the school to access resources at public libraries. Furthermore, the bill forbids these schools from permitting mobile libraries to access school property for events that would enable students to check out books from these mobile units.

To enforce these prohibitions, the bill introduces new language into existing law, specifically adding requirements for compliance with section 279.89, which outlines the restrictions on agreements with public libraries and the use of mobile libraries. The bill defines a mobile library as a vehicle operated by a public library for transporting educational materials and clarifies that a public library includes those established by city ordinance and library districts as defined in Code chapter 336.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 256E.7, 279.89