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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.
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With Escambia County a key battleground in a broader debate about school books, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the county school board urged a federal judge Monday to reject a request to dismiss a challenge to the removal and restriction of library books.
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A First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” has expanded to include the Escambia County school system.
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The Escambia County School Board on Monday urged a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by authors, a publishing company, parents, and a non-profit organization challenging the removal or restriction of books in school libraries.
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Parents have raised concerns that books are inaccessible in high school libraries as the district reviews materials to be in compliance with Florida's expansion of "Don't Say Gay" law.
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Florida education officials and the Lake County school district on Friday urged a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit filed after the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” was removed from school libraries in December in reaction to a controversial state law.
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The state Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new rule that will lead to Florida officials publishing an annual list of library books and instructional materials that have drawn public objections, in a move that the board’s chairman said will “provide transparency for our families.”
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The Escambia County School Board will hear public comments and vote on removing four more challenged books on Monday evening.
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Banned Books Week begins Sept. 18, and according to the American Library Association, this year is on track to surpass last year’s record of challenged library materials. But this week, access to reading materials expanded in Escambia County with the opening of the Bellview Library — the first in the county’s District 1.
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Over 700 people have signed an online petition to allow discussions on race in the classroom after it was reported that excerpts from the book “White…