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Indiana lawmakers still eyeing education bills left with uncertain futures in final weeks of session

Jeanie Lindsay

House Education Committee Chair Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis) is weighing whether to add language to other existing bills or try again next year.
Indiana Senate approves bill limiting library legal defense over material harmful to minors

Jeanie Lindsay

Under the legislation, those groups could not claim that harmful materials were shared with minors for educational purposes.
Senate bill would limit legal defense for libraries over access to harmful material

Jeanie Lindsay

Senate Bill 17 essentially says if schools or public libraries share harmful or obscene material with minors, they can't legally defend themselves by saying it's for educational purposes.