MO SB1280

Public schools and charter schools must provide parents access to digital library catalogs, appoint an administrator responsible for excluding explicit sexual material and pornographic content, and adopt a resources challenge policy allowing any district taxpayer to dispute materials

Parents may sue school districts, charter schools, board members, and employees (including librarians) for making explicit or pornographic materials available to students, with damages of $500 per violation for negligence or $2,000 per violation for intentional acts, plus attorney's fees

Public schools, charter schools, and public libraries must install filtering software on every computer and digital library catalog to restrict minors' access to pornographic or explicit sexual material, or develop compliant policies by January 1, 2027

School personnel who willfully neglect duties under the bill face penalties under section 162.091, and the bill removes prior liability protections for schools and libraries that had complied with filtering requirements

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will enforce school requirements while the Secretary of State will enforce public library requirements through rulemaking