Salem parents weigh in as legislators consider digital access to school materials

A move to give parents more access to school textbooks and class curriculum has advanced a step at the Oregon Legislature with Senate action.

Under Senate Bill 409, school districts in Oregon would be required to post to their websites a link to see state-approved textbooks and instructional materials. The link would take visitors to an Oregon Department of Education site that already has made such material public.

The bill passed the Senate 27-2…