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Republican candidate for governor Doug Mastriano wants to introduce legislation that prohibits teaching of certain principles in schools and to punish those who do.
Hundreds of books have been removed following a new state law that could jail educators for providing “explicit sexual material” to students.
The list of books pulled from shelves was published Wednesday by the literary free-expression advocacy group PEN America.
Amendment allows criminal penalty for providing 'explicit sexual material' to students; Holocaust books often included in bans initiated by right-wing groups
The letter reminds school district officials that, “Book bans limit opportunities for students to see themselves in literature and to build empathy for experiences different from their own. They deprive students of the freedom to read--to think, to imagine, to grow.”