Nebraska § 79-533.04 School library materials; access by parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker; school board adopt policy

Nebraska Statutes

§ 79-533.04 — School library materials; access by parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker; school board adopt policy

Nebraska § 79-533.04

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-533.04 (2026).

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(1)For purposes of this section, educational decisionmaker has the same meaning as in section 79-530 .

(2)Each school board of a public school district shall adopt a policy for implementation at the beginning of the 2026-27 school year, relating to the rights of a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to access school library materials. Such policy shall:

(a)Require the creation of a catalog of all books in the school district's library, categorized by school building, which shall be accessible for viewing by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker of a student attending such school district; and

(b)Provide the opportunity for a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker of a student to be notified when the student of such parent, guardian, or educational decisio

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(1) For purposes of this section, educational decisionmaker has the same meaning as in section 79-530 .
(2) Each school board of a public school district shall adopt a policy for implementation at the beginning of the 2026-27 school year, relating to the rights of a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to access school library materials. Such policy shall:
(a) Require the creation of a catalog of all books in the school district's library, categorized by school building, which shall be accessible for viewing by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker of a student attending such school district; and
(b) Provide the opportunity for a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker of a student to be notified when the student of such parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker checks out a book from the school library by means of a website or application notification or by opting in to email notifications. Such notification shall include:
(i) The title of the book checked out by the student;
(ii) The name of the author of the book checked out by the student; and
(iii) The date the book checked out by the student is due to be returned to the school library.
(3) This section shall only apply to a school library that is located on school district property and shall not apply to any other public library regardless if such library contracts with a school district for use by students.