Tag: State Library Board

District One Board member and former chairman Ron Snider accused current APLS chairman John Wahl and District Three board member Amy Minton of using their positions on the board to boost their political ambitions “to the detriment” of state libraries.

The Alabama Public Library Service approved on Thursday to begin the process of aligning the state’s administrative code with President Donald Trump’s executive order, mandating that no federal monies be given to entities that promote gender ideology.

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted to provide the state’s libraries with a definition of “sexually explicit,” continued to withhold funding for the Fairhope library and floated a near-total ban on the transgender-promoting books at Thursday’s meeting.  

Despite administrative rule changes in Alabama Libraries regulating the purchasing and placement of possibly sexually explicit material, Libraries are still in lawmakers’ crosshairs in the 2025 legislative session.

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) approved on Thursday an amended list of proposed administrative rule changes from Gov. Kay Ivey after months of back-and-forth regarding policies that address sexually explicit children’s books.

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) board will vote Thursday to either advance or reject a series of administrative policies suggested by Gov. Kay Ivey addressing sexually explicit books.