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Records requested by NBC News of nearly 100 Texas school districts found 86 formal requests to remove books from libraries in 2021, with the majority of requests coming at the end of the year ...
Kobabe’s and Curato’s books were among the top 10 most challenged books of 2023, according to the American Library Association. Most of the books on the association’s list were removed by ...
Here are 50 books Texas parents have asked school districts to ban, nearly all of which deal with racism, sexuality
Another largely agreed but said nine of the books could stay off the shelves as the appeal plays out. A third dissented entirely, meaning a majority supported returning eight books. In March 2023, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ordered 17 books returned to Kingsland library shelves while a citizen lawsuit against book banning proceeded.
The Mission school district in the Rio Grande Valley received a request to remove 676 books from its libraries from a local pastor. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune
If the challenge is supported by the reconsideration process, the book will be removed from the library collection, school, etc. [30] A “banned book” is one that has been "removed from a library, classroom, etc." [27] Since 2021, the rise in book challenges nationwide has had a "chilling effect," leading to increased self-censorship (Knox ...
Eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them in an ongoing book banning controversy ...
Those books whose offensive material outweighs its literary value will be removed from school library shelves. [ 95 ] With this topic being debated in Hamilton County since 2021, [ 94 ] many community members representing both sides of this debate have spoken out about the proposed policy changes.