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Ahead of yesterday’s Escambia County School Board meeting, about a dozen protestors gathered outside the J.E. Hall Center for the “Bring Back Our Books” rally highlighting the challenged books in school libraries that have been removed or restricted in the district.
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The book club at Brookshire Elementary in Winter Park welcomes about 20 participants each week.
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DeSantis is calling on the Florida Department of Education and state legislature to rework certain policies that make it easy to challenge or ban books in Florida.
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Amid widespread controversy about removing books from school shelves, the Florida House is moving forward with a bill that could lead to fees for people who challenge numerous library books or learning materials.
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A lawsuit challenging the Escambia County School District’s removal of books from school libraries will move forward toward a jury trial, in a closely watched case that could have implications for parents and students across the state.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will be allowed to intervene in an ongoing legal dispute over the removal of books from Escambia County schools, a judge decided recently.
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Politifact Florida found that none of the books on Pink’s 13-title list has been banned statewide. Ten have been temporarily or permanently removed or restricted from shelves in at least one Florida school district, reports said.
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"America's Censored Classrooms 2023" documents more than 100 bills introduced across the country that aim to restrict discussion on LGBTQ- and race-related issues in educational settings. Many are modeled after Florida legislation.
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Paul English, the co-founder of the travel site Kayak, recently launched Banned Books USA, an initiative that provides books that have been banned, removed, or challenged in Florida to any residents of the state. All they have to do is pay the shipping.
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According to PEN America, during the 2022–23 school year, Florida's public schools banned more than 1,400 books across 33 school districts.