673 Books Removed From Orange County Classrooms to Comply With Florida Laws
“This is yet another disastrous consequence of Florida’s disastrous education policies,” one free speech advocate said.
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“This is yet another disastrous consequence of Florida’s disastrous education policies,” one free speech advocate said.
Florida’s public-school libraries are a forum for government, not private, speech," Florida AG Ashley Moody claimed.
The lawsuit alleges a county in the Republican-led state is cracking down on access to books on race and LGBTQIA+ identity.
PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House filed a federal suit against Escambia County School District over its removal of books from school libraries.
Publishing giant Penguin Random House joined authors, parents, and activists to argue that the district’s removal of books about race, sex, and gender violates the First Amendment.