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A new policy was put in place this past December by the Franklin County School Board to review books in school libraries deemed by some to be objectionable. The change seems to have slowed an onslaught of requests to remove books that began last year.

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After contentious debate and conversation related to its book removal policy, the Spotsylvania School Board voted Monday to table proposed revisions to a policy on instructional materials.

RICHMOND, Va. — Although a new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom, some districts are using that law as the basis to go further and remove certain books from schools altogether. Book ban requests across the state often have cited the Virginia law, which was signed last year by Republican […]

In late March, Spotsylvania County Public Schools removed 14 books from school libraries, claiming that they contained sexually explicit material. Here's what...

Fourteen books, including two by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, will be “excluded” from Spotsylvania County school libraries, superintendent Mark Taylor has decided.

A Virginia superintendent informed parents 14 books will be removed from school libraries this week due to sexual content.

Spotsylvania County Schools Superintendent Mark Taylor decides to give sexually explicit books to the county's public library system.

The Central Bucks School District is now considering banning 65 books. Administrators initially chose five books for review, four of which center LGBTQ characters.

These books have been banned at schools and libraries. Why?