Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits librarians from banning books.

Highlights:

• Specifies that Illinois has a financial responsibility to promote public education, so they must encourage the improvement of public libraries and to encourage collaboration between libraries regarding both physical materials and digital materials (Sec. 5).

• Authorizes the creation of a state grant that would establish, develop and operate a network of library systems covering the entire state (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that the policy of the state is to encourage the freedom of libraries and librarians to pick whichever books they want without external limitations (Sec. 5). 

• Specifies that it is the state’s policy to protect libraries and librarians from attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to books or other materials (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the State Librarian and the Illinois State Library staff follow these regulations (Sec. 3): 

• Provide library services to everybody in the state by extending services to un-served areas; 

• Provide educational library services for students of all grade levels; 

• Provide adequate materials to meet the research needs of the library patrons 

• Provide an adequate and properly trained staff of librarians for the state’s libraries 

• Follow the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights by not  removing any material because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval and prohibits the act of banning books; and

• Provide library facilities and outlets that are convenient in time and place for the people of the state. 

• Requires libraries to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, which requires them to not remove any material because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval and prohibits the act of banning books (Sec. 8). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits librarians from banning books.

Highlights:

• Specifies that Illinois has a financial responsibility to promote public education, so they must encourage the improvement of public libraries and to encourage collaboration between libraries regarding both physical materials and digital materials (Sec. 5).

• Authorizes the creation of a state grant that would establish, develop and operate a network of library systems covering the entire state (Sec. 5).

• Specifies that the policy of the state is to encourage the freedom of libraries and librarians to pick whichever books they want without external limitations (Sec. 5). 

• Specifies that it is the state’s policy to protect libraries and librarians from attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to books or other materials (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the State Librarian and the Illinois State Library staff follow these regulations (Sec. 3): 

• Provide library services to everybody in the state by extending services to un-served areas; 

• Provide educational library services for students of all grade levels; 

• Provide adequate materials to meet the research needs of the library patrons 

• Provide an adequate and properly trained staff of librarians for the state’s libraries 

• Follow the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights by not  removing any material because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval and prohibits the act of banning books; and

• Provide library facilities and outlets that are convenient in time and place for the people of the state. 

• Requires libraries to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, which requires them to not remove any material because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval and prohibits the act of banning books (Sec. 8). 

Full Bill Text