RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The fight over school books in public schools is entering a new chapter in North Carolina after lawmakers tucked a new statewide process for challenging books and other instructional materials into the state budget.
The new state law requires every public school district to create an 11-member Community Media Advisory Committee made up of three principals, three teachers, three school library media coordinators and two parents.
Anyone can file a written challenge claiming a book is obscene or inappropriate for a student’s age or maturity level, or that classroom materials are not aligned with the state’s curriculum…