SB 304

This bill prohibits a school district from using school library aid moneys

distributed to the district from the common school fund income to purchase any item

that would be considered obscene material. The Wisconsin Constitution establishes

a common school fund, the income from which must be distributed as aid to school

districts. Under current law, the moneys generated by the common school fund and

distributed to school districts may only be expended for the purchase of instructional

materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin history and

for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school

libraries, but not for public library facilities operated by school districts. Current law

also allows a school district to use the moneys received to purchase school library

computers and related software if the school board consults with the supervisor of

the district's libraries and the computers and software are housed in the school

library.