New Louisiana legislation requires guardians to choose underage library material permission

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New Louisiana legislation requires guardians to choose underage library material permission

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officials with the New Orleans Public Library announced that starting Monday, May 6, anyone 17 years old with a library card will need to update their card permission. The changes are the result of the Louisiana Revised Statue 25.225, passed during the 2023 legislative session, which stated that "libraries must have a procedure in place for preventing youth from checking out items that its community says are inappropriate f…