North Carolina bill would ban books on gender, sexuality for young students, allow prosecution of teachers, staff

Sex education bill proposed in North Carolina House

(The Center Square) – Directions on curriculum measured age appropriate and access in public libraries to materials considered harmful to minors are in a proposal at the North Carolina House

The legislation presented Monday in the North Carolina House of Representatives seeks to improve parental supervision in health and sexual education, ensure age-appropriate instruction, and regulate access to materials in schools and libraries.

How lawmakers in North Carolina, South Carolina are looking to limit 'harmful' material from children

RALEIGH, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Lawmakers in North and South Carolina say more needs to be done to protect children from what they describe as harmful material. House Bill 595 was filed Monday at the General Assembly in Raleigh, called Parental Rights for Curriculum and Books. Two big changes in the legislation include defining materials that are harmful to minors and the people who can be charged with North Carolina’s obscenity laws. Th…

North Carolina bill would ban books on gender, sexuality for young students allow prosecution of teachers and staff

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly looks to remove certain books around gender identity and sexuality. The bill bans books considered to have harmful material for students in kindergarten through sixth grade and requires parental consent for students to get access to those books if they’re in seventh grade or older. Additionally, the bill would allow school teachers or staff to be criminally prosecuted if they d…

North Carolina bill would ban books on gender, sexuality for young students, allow prosecution of teachers, staff

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly looks to remove certain books around gender identity and sexuality. The bill bans books considered to have harmful material for students in kindergarten through sixth grade and requires parental consent for students to get access to those books if they’re in seventh grade or older. Additionally, the bill would allow school teachers or staff to be criminally prosecuted if they d…

NC bill would require parents’ OK for sex ed, allow more prosecutions for 'harmful materials'

The 11-page bill, sponsored by Republican Reps. John Torbett and Hugh Blackwell, covers sex education, library access and gender identity -- all as they relate to children.