SB 1700 Summary

• Establishes a Department of Education list of prohibited books that public schools cannot use or make available to students, with procedures for parents to submit books they find to be lewd, sexual in nature, promote gender fluidity/pronouns, or groom children into normalizing pedophilia.

• Extends the public review period for library books and textbooks from 60 days to 120 days before materials become available to students, requiring schools to notify parents of review dates.

• Grants parents the right to object to and request removal of books available in school libraries or used for classroom instruction, with specific procedures for submitting objectionable materials to the Department of Education.

• Requires school districts and charter schools to exclude books that are lewd or sexual in nature, promote gender fluidity or gender pronouns, or groom children into normalizing pedophilia from their libraries and instructional materials.

• Adds parental rights notification requirements in school parental involvement policies, including the right to review and request removal of books pursuant to established procedures.