Donnelly Public Library will no longer allow anyone under 18 to visit unless accompanied by a parent starting July 1. If the library declines to do so, it could face a civil lawsuit under the law. Donnelly library director Sherry Scheline compared the new policy to a parent being able to bring their child to a liquor store. We need to let it be fought out by somebody other than a small and rural library.
According to the Idaho Commission for Libraries, Donnelly Public Library is the first organization in the state to make such a policy change to comply with the legislation. If constructed, she said it would allow them to lift the upcoming policy change by having dedicated youth and adult sections on opposite sides of the building.
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