New policy to remove explicit books from South Carolina schools

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New legislation could take books out of all of South Carolina’s classrooms and school libraries. (Credit: WCIV)

 

(WPDE) — A new policy in South Carolina is being implemented by the Board of Education to regulate reading materials in classrooms.

The uniform procedure for selection or reconsideration of instructional material is a new regulation made by the South Carolina Board of Education.

This will prevent students from reading books that contain sexually explicit material.

Books containing sexual material will be taken out of libraries and media centers across South Carolina.

David Warner with the Moms For Liberty organization said this is not a book ban, but rather a way to keep your children away from materials that may not be suitable for them.

If somebody decides that they think that’s fine with them to put that into their child’s mind, that’s their right to do so, but not under the guise of the brick wall of a school building,” said Warner.

Many are fighting back against the new regulation.

We are going to lose American classics, we are going to lose books that are frequently evaluated on the AP Literature exam,” said Advocacy Director of the American Civil Liberty Union, Josh Malkin.

According to the documents provided by the state board of educators, the material in any book cannot include descriptions or visual depictions of sexual conduct.

This is a great opportunity for parents to stand back and be back in control of what is being put in front of their children,” said Warner.

While there are always systems in place to have your child get out of reading a book in class, this new regulation will instill that no child has access to specific literature in the classroom.

For more information and to read the most recent statement from ACLUSC, click here.

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