United StatesHouse would urge schools to protect students’ access to books
This nonbinding resolution would urge schools to protect access to varied books and call for returning books removed from Defense Department schools under executive orders.
What it does
The House would urge local governments and school districts to protect access to varied books and follow recommended guidelines when people challenge books. These requests would be nonbinding.
The House would call for the immediate return of all books removed from Defense Department schools under executive orders since January 2025. This request would be nonbinding.
The House would urge the withdrawal of executive orders and directives that restrict reading and learning in public schools based on content. This request would be nonbinding.
Argument forEncouraging schools to offer varied viewpoints could help students explore unfamiliar experiences and form their own views.
Argument againstThese nonbinding requests might leave students’ access unchanged because schools and federal officials would face no requirement to restore books.
More detail
The House would urge local governments and school districts to protect reading and teaching and follow recommended guidelines for book challenges. The requests cover students’ access to varied books and educators’ and librarians’ ability to teach. These requests would express the House’s position without requiring local officials to act.
The House would call for books removed under executive orders to return to Defense Department school shelves. The request covers all books removed from Defense Department schools under executive orders since January 2025. The request would not require the Defense Department to return the books. The resolution calls for the books to return immediately.
The House would call for executive orders and directives restricting reading and learning by content to be withdrawn. The request covers executive orders and directives that restrict reading and learning in United States public schools based on content. The resolution would not itself cancel any order or directive.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 8Submitted in HouseLatest
- Oct 8Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
EducationCivil Rights & Voting