Spread the word! SB 5 is a solution in search of a problem. ALL students deserve to see themselves reflected in their educational experience. Contact your State Reps urging them to oppose SB 5. LRC Message Line at 1-800-372-7181 or email your legislators KASL KY Library Association

Even without the FAs, this bill that now goes to Governor Andy Beshear undermines all students' rights to see their stories represented. It strips SBDMs and school librarians of involvement in challenges. We need a #Veto and KY House Republicans KY Senate Majority need to rethink an override. #KYGA23

All hands on deck. If you're a librarian, a teacher, a parent, a student, a principal, or any one else who supports #FReadom & opposes censorship within school libraries, contact your KY rep & join the campaign: bit.ly/VETOSB5 Policies already exist. #TrustLibrarians

Polls continue to show the majority of Americans oppose book bans and want to choose for their own children. Legislators and school districts should listen.

Wonderful thread — Use your local library people!!!!

New school library legislation would fight back against disinvestment and censorship in our school libraries! Join me in telling Congress to support the Right to Read Act, introduced by Senator Jack Reed and Raul M. Grijalva. oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/promo/5JB KASL KY Library Association

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My reply to the board members of FishersIN and City of Noblesville seeking to remove my books (and over a hundred others) from the young adult literature shelves in their libraries. Heartbreaking for this to happen in Central Indiana, where I live and strive to support.

Educational intimidation bills, even if not passed, scare educators and school librarians into removing books, Jonathan Friedman 📚, director of free expression and education programs at PEN America, tells Axios.

Stop Book Bans in Owensboro, KY! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/shMxFWQq via Change.org

💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS💥 Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America. Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

Kentucky's future grows brighter every day because of our public schools and our public school educators. But we can't be No. 1 in economic growth as long as we're No. 44 in starting teacher pay. Let's pay our teachers what they're worth.

We were about $6,999,999 short on funding for a Super Bowl ad with this same message, but maybe if everyone shares it, we will reach the same number of people?

LeVar Burton Sends Up Book Banning in “Reading Rainbow” Segment ow.ly/NGY650QA8RB

SB232 threatens to undo crucial educational support by removing the requirement for certified school librarians in KY schools. This will damage student reading achievement, limit information literacy, and hinder digital citizenship skills. No to SB232. #KyLibraries

UPDATE - SB232 - Thank you for supporting school libraries and librarians. #KyLibraries #KyReads

Kentucky courts have consistently ruled that state tax dollars must remain in public schools. HB2 would overturn SEVEN sections of the constitution just to fund unaccountable private schools. This would devastate public education, and it would break our rural school districts.

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I am among those suing the state of Florida to end the state's unconstitutional and deeply unamerican banning of books. The removal of my books (and so many others) from hundreds of libraries is a despicable attack on intellectual freedom in the U.S. cfpublic.org/education/2024…

Exactly a decade after Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rankin/Bass created a cult classic Christmas special, The Year Without a Santa Claus.This 1974 ABC Christmas special is famous for the Miser Bros but there's a bit more to the story than their sibling rivalry. Here we go...