ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — The Elizabethtown School Board voted 8-1 on Tuesday to approve the hiring of the Harrisburg-basedThe vote came after a protest from opponents of the Center outside Elizabethtown High School, and public comment from both sides of the issue.
The ILC has made headlines in South Central Pennsylvania, as it has been approved by seven different school boards in the area including Elizabethtown. Recently, Warwick Superintendent April Hershey resigned following the ILC's approval to advise its school board. The Center also has been hired by Hempfield and Eastern Lancaster in Lancaster County, and Dover, Northern York and South Western in York County.
The Center advises school districts on policies it says helps protect religious liberties in schools. These have included policies of banning books with LGBTQ+ themes in school libraries, and rights related to transgender students including whether they can play sports, use their preferred bathrooms or use their preferred pronouns.