The question of what constitutes obscenity as it applies to material found in K–12 libraries faces conflicting opinions as the Tennessee Senate considers legislation proposing to tackle the issue.
Senate Bill 1944 (pdf) would remove the former exclusion of schools from an obscenity law that prohibits showing obscene material to minors, while also holding schools accountable for the increasing reports of sexually explicit literature and images in school materials that parents have complained about to local school board members.
