18A:34A-3 Definitions regarding public libraries.
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3. As used in sections 4 through 7 of this act:
"Board of education" means a board of education as defined in N.J.S.18A:18A-2, the board of directors of an educational services commission, a board of trustees of a charter school, a board of trustees of a renaissance school project, or any other local education agency.
"Censorship" means to block, suppress, or remove library material based on disagreement with a viewpoint, idea, or concept or solely because an individual finds certain content offensive, but does not include limiting or restricting access to any library material deemed developmentally inappropriate for certain students.
"Diverse and inclusive material" means any material that reflects any protected class as enumerated in the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.); material produced by an author who is a member of a protected class as enumerated in the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.); and material that contains the author's points of view concerning contemporary problems and issues, whether international, national, or local; but excludes content that is inappropriate for grades served by the school library.
"Individual with a vested interest" means any teaching staff member employed by the board of education, any parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district at the time the removal form required pursuant to section 5 of this act is filed, and any student enrolled in the district at the time the removal form required pursuant to section 5 of this act is filed.
"Library material" means any material including, but not limited to, nonfiction and fiction books, magazines, reference books, supplementary titles, multimedia and digital material, software and instructional material and other material not required as part of classroom instruction belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of a school library.
"School library staff member" means a school library media specialist, school librarian, any certificated or non-certificated staff member assigned to duties in a school library, or any individual carrying out or assisting with the functions of a school library media specialist or school librarian.
L.2024, c.96, s.3.