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A comprehensive list of known book bans instituted in every Florida school district since July 1, 2021, according to the most recent data from PEN America.
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. 0:04. 1:31. In November, as required by state statute, the Florida Department of Education released a list of around 700 books that were "removed or discontinued" from ...
PEN America found Florida led the country again last year in book bans, with over 4,500 books banned in the Sunshine State, costing districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year. Starting in 2023, law HB 1069 required every school district in Florida to have a policy in place for challenging books.
The Florida Department of Education has released a list of over 700 books that were “removed or discontinued” from districts throughout the state last school year. That’s an increase of almost 400 books from the list released for the previous school year.
Florida has banned nearly 400 books in schools. Here's the full list. With 386 books removed from schools last year, Florida is far and away the leader in book bans in the country....
A 35-page list compiled by the Florida Department of Education outlines hundreds of books banned across the state's 73 school districts during the 2023-2024 academic year. The report lists the ...
Roughly 300 books were removed from school libraries in Florida last year. Here's the full list Of Florida’s 67 counties, 21 of them removed books in the 2022-23 year.
Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library in the lobby of the American Stage Theater, on Feb. 18, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Changes to state law allow parents and residents to ...
In its directory for Florida, PEN America reports 566 bans in 21 districts. Three novels that were prohibited from Seminole County elementary schools this summer are not included in this list. The lists that follow are a combination of those from PEN America’s index and the 10 Central Florida school districts that provided responses.
PEN America and We Need Diverse Books are calling attention to 176 banned books that Duval, County, Florida removed from classroom libraries in January 2022 for “review,” and kept in storage.