Arkansas
Rapert tries to block funding for libraries suing Arkansas over 2023 obscenity law
- Google-News-Wire
- February 10, 2024
- Act 372
- American Library Association
- Arkansas Library Association
- arkansas state library
- censorship
- central arkansas library system
- craighead county
- crawford county
- Dan Sullivan
- jason rapert
- jennifer chilcoat
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- library books
- library funding
- national association of christian lawmakers
- shari bales
- timothy brooks
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
The Arkansas State Library Board voted unanimously on Friday to give public libraries their allotted quarterly share of state money after former state Sen. Jason Rapert tried to suspend funding for the libraries suing the state. The board authorized the disbursement of almost $1.4 million over the next couple of weeks, State Library Director Jennifer […]
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Arkansas
Central Arkansas school district drops library’s digital learning tools, citing lack of ‘filter’
- Google-News-Wire
- November 17, 2023
- Act 372
- censorship
- central arkansas library system
- Children's Internet Protection Act
- database
- digital learning
- LEARNS Act
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- library books
- mississippi
- nate coulter
- obscenity
- online learning
- pulaski county special school district
- software
- timothy brooks
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
More than 11,000 Pulaski County students are unable to access online educational materials through their local public library as a legal precaution, according to school district administrators, in light of the statewide debate over what content children should be able to access in libraries. The Pulaski County Special School District, which covers the rest of […]
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