Letter to the SC State Board of Education

On the proposal to draft state regulations on classroom and school libraries.

Time is running out to share concerns about proposed state draft regulations on South Carolina libraries and classroom libraries. Please consider emailing sclreg@ed.sc.gov before Friday, October 20, at 5:00. More information, including suggested talking points and a form letter, are available from SCASL here. Below is the email I sent today:

To whom it may concern,

Thank you for providing the opportunity to offer public comment on the proposal to draft regulations concerning classroom and library materials (September 22 State Registry). 

I taught middle and high school level English language arts in South Carolina for sixteen years. In that time, I spent a great deal of my own money and time to create a classroom library.  This was not a selection of books students would be required to read, but instead a selection of books and magazines chosen to represent a wide range of topics, genres, interests, and reading levels. Students could check these books out by request, or use them during…