AN ACT relating to materials, programs, or events alleged to be harmful to minors.

Amend KRS 158.192 to require the local board of education to allow parents and guardians an opportunity to orally recite passages from materials, programs, or events subject to appeal; require immediate removal of the material, program, or event if the board denies a parent or guardian the opportunity to orally recite passages.

Introduced: January 10, 2025

Last action: February 4, 2025

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

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This bill would change the process Kentucky parents and guardians can use to challenge school materials, programs, or events they believe are harmful to minors. Under the proposal, local school boards would be required to let parents or guardians read aloud passages from the materials they are appealing. If a board refuses to allow that oral presentation, the challenged material, program, or event would have to be removed immediately. Who it may affect: parents and guardians of public school students, and local school boards.

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