Days ago New Jersey Democrats filed legislation to set into NJ law a harmful ideology from Chicago, Illinois, and from thence into public schools.
A4210 (previously
S3893 /
A5499 but they failed) requires libraries to adopt ALA diktat or lose state funding. A4210 contradicts United States Supreme Court case law, the United States Constitution, and the New Jersey Constitution and makes the Chicago Way supreme. Not satisfied with the public outcry against A3446 / S2421 that attempted a substantially similar goal, A4210 is much shorter, names and requires the Chicago organization and its aspirational creed be incorporated into New Jersey law, then withdraws funding from schools that don't comply. We always hear how libraries need more funding, schools must hire certified librarians, and anyone who stands in the way is a troglodyte, but suddenly it's okay if funding is pulled from schools if they do not accept harmful ideology from Chicago's American Library Association [ALA]. That's the essence of A4210. It's just a naked power grab with New Jersey's children as the target.
A4210
Here is A4210 in its entirety:
