In late July, Superintendent Frederick Heid presented an “opt-in” policy for those 16 books, which included titles like “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, and “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. Heid said parents would use an online form that would authorize the library to loan those books out to students who request them. If a parent did not give their student permission to check out the challenged books through the opt-in policy, students would be barred from those titles.
How will the ‘opt-out-only’ policy work?
That policy has since been replaced by an opt-out-only option. During two windows of the school year, parents will be able to log in to their online portal and select any books they don’t want their students to be able to check out of the library. The first window is started Aug. 3 and runs through Wednesday. The second window is between Jan. 1 and Jan. 15.
Additionally, students who are new to the school system or transfer schools will have 10 business days to complete the opt-out policy. A tutorial on how to opt out of certain materials is available here.
If a parent does not select any titles they object to, the system will default to allowing a student to access all media available at their school library.
