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Wisconsin Assembly Votes
for School Filtering

A bill requiring all public and private schools in Wisconsin that receive state technology subsidies to install filtering software on Internet-accessible computers was passed by the Wisconsin state assembly October 6, with lawmakers voting 76–23 in favor of the bill.

The Wisconsin Library Association intends to fight the bill, AB 266, in the state senate, according to Doug Baker, chair of the group’s legislative committee and director of the Kenosha Public Library. “We feel our opposition to this bill will receive a positive reception in the senate,” he told American Libraries, noting that Wisconsin has a Republican assembly and a Democratic senate.

Baker said the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Mike Huebsch (R-West Salem), originally included libraries but was amended to cover only primary and secondary schools that receive Technology for Educational Achievement (TEACH) grants for hooking up and maintaining computers.

Posted October 11, 1999.

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