NC Legislation

H805/GS 115C-98.1 (2025): Parent Access to Library Books

"§ 115C-98.1.  Parent access to library books. 

   (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "library books" means electronic, print, and nonprint resources, excluding textbooks, for independent use by students and school personnel outside of the standard course of study for any grade or course. Library books may be held in a formal school library or in a classroom. 

   (b) Local boards of education shall adopt policies that do all of the following: 

(1) Provide ongoing public access through a searchable web-based catalog to the titles of any library books available at each school within the local school administrative unit. Each school shall display its catalog on the homepage of its website. 

(2) Allow a parent or guardian of a student to identify any library books that may not be borrowed by the student. A student shall not be permitted to borrow any library books identified by the student's parent or guardian pursuant to this subdivision." 

SECTION 3.3.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. 

School Classroom Libraries

Every school will create a catalog of classroom libraries, listed by teacher. 

• To view Bryan Road's Book Catalog, please click here.
• Please check back for updates to the Book Catalog as we work through all of the classrooms.
• To opt your child out of a text, please click here to submit your request to administration.  Please complete a separate request for each book that you would like to opt out of.  **Wake County does recognize that there is an error on this form.  It requests the author's name twice.  Please type the author's name in both required Author's Name sections.**