Senate Bill 348 Summary

• School district boards of education and their administrations are responsible for content of all instructional materials used in classrooms or classroom libraries, including those purchased with or without state-appropriated funds.

• Each school district must adopt a policy allowing parents, legal guardians, or residents to submit objections to instructional materials based on criteria including non-alignment with state standards, contrary terminology definitions, or content that is obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit without parental consent, or inappropriate for grade level.

• Materials objected to based on obscene or sexually explicit content must be removed within 5 school days and remain unavailable until the objection is resolved; districts must discontinue use of materials that fail to meet adoption criteria.

• Local textbook committees are expanded from one lay member to four parents or legal guardians, and textbook review teams must include materials that maintain sex as an immutable biological trait and require inclusion of foundational U.S. historical documents in social studies courses.

• Act becomes effective July 1, 2025, with an emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval.