Illinois will become the first state in the nation to ban book bans — one of seven measures spearheaded by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias in his first year back in political office.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to sign the measure into law on Monday afternoon. It will block state grant funding to public libraries and schools that don’t adhere to the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, a set of rules that says reading materials shouldn’t be removed or restricted due to “partisan or personal disapproval.”
