SB 33 is the latest attempt at creating a tool for
banning certain books. Many school districts already have a policy established
to allow for the reconsideration of school materials, so this bill is
completely unnecessary. Like other bills before it, SB 33 is highly subjective
with undefined terms. Without any protections in the bill, our concern is that
this will be used as a tool to threaten schools to remove books for reasons
that are discriminatory rather than for an objectively reasonable concern. Contact
members of the Senate Education Committee and urge them to reject SB 33, which
would require school districts to infringe on students’ freedom to read.