{"id":248350,"date":"2025-05-20T02:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/moms-for-liberty-calls-for-apls-board-to-help-get-librarians-fired\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T02:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:58:33","slug":"moms-for-liberty-calls-for-apls-board-to-help-get-librarians-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=248350","title":{"rendered":"Moms for Liberty calls for APLS board to help get librarians fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Librarians in Alabama have been under fire, and now Moms for Liberty of Madison County is calling on the Alabama Public Library Service to push terminations for librarians who oppose their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>A letter from the local M4L chapter to APLS Chairman John Wahl and the board, obtained by APR, calls upon the board to take three specific actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure library systems comply with relevant federal executive orders<\/li>\n<li>Create a mechanism for parents to report noncompliance directly to APLS<\/li>\n<li>Create policy to hold noncompliant employees accountable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That third action is further detailed to request that the APLS develop a policy outlining how library boards are to terminate librarians who do not \u201ccomply\u201d with the state administrative code.<\/p>\n<p>The letter notes that the legislature has unsuccessfully considered bills that would \u201censure accountability of librarians\u201d by charging them with a misdemeanor if they failed to remove material that a citizen believed is \u201charmful to minors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoms for Liberty, Madison County calls upon the APLS board to write a policy that would allow local library boards to terminate library staff that knowingly and purposely violate state and federal laws\/directives,\u201d the letter states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The letter also calls on the APLS board to write policy to \u201cstandardize board composition\u201d across libraries. The Madison County chapter had been largely involved in changing the board composition of the Athens-Limestone Public Library board to include appointees from the Limestone County Commission and not just the Athens City Council.<\/p>\n<p>The point about complying with relevant federal laws and executive orders includes the group citing \u201cOur Skin: A First Conversation About Race\u201d as an example of \u201ccontinued efforts to push radical ideologies onto children.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The other directive of the letter is to allow citizens to directly report perceived noncompliance with the APLS code by local libraries to the APLS. Moms for Liberty supporters have already brought concerns to the board about the Fairhope Public Library, leading the board to suspend Fairhope\u2019s state funding, despite numerous libraries in the state shelving the same challenged books in sections for minors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Librarians in Alabama have been under fire, and now Moms for Liberty of Madison County is calling on the Alabama Public Library Service to push terminations for librarians who oppose their agenda. 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