Governor JB Pritzker signed historic legislation Monday that would ban libraries from banning books.
The law is the first of its kind in the nation, and would cut off funding to any libraries that remove books currently on the shelf.
According to the American Library Association, there were 67 attempts to ban books in Illinois in 2022, up from 41 attempts in 2021. One of the books that frequently came under attack was "Gender Queer," a book which contains graphic sexual drawings. It was the source of vocal debates at numerous school districts in Northern Illinois, including in Downers Grove.
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