MILWAUKEE — A pair of bills in Madison would add a new step before your child could check out a book at both public libraries and schools if it passes.
Senate Bills 597 and 598 would make it so parents are notified whenever their child tries to check out a book from the library.
A public hearing took place on Tuesday in Madison with the State Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, on the Republican-backed Senate bills.
The bills state, ‘Under current law, subject to various exceptions, library records that identify who borrows or uses a library material may not be disclosed.’ One of the exceptions allows parents of children under 16 to already request a list of what their child checks out.
We asked parents and organizations what they thought about the proposed bill in the video above.
