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Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement
Read full article: Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlementA school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents.
Children’s book authors add Escambia County to lawsuit over banned title
Read full article: Children’s book authors add Escambia County to lawsuit over banned titleA First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” has expanded to include the Escambia County school system.
Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws
Read full article: Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawsStudents in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare’s plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides that were developed, in part, to take into consideration a state law that restricts classroom materials with sexual content.
Battle over Lake County children’s picture book ban heard in federal court
Read full article: Battle over Lake County children’s picture book ban heard in federal courtA children’s book author and a group of Lake County parents took their fight over a picture book to federal court on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to keep the book on school library shelves.
Author, parents sue Lake County Schools over banned book
Read full article: Author, parents sue Lake County Schools over banned bookA children’s book author and a group of parents filed a federal lawsuit against Lake County Schools over the school board’s decision to restrict access to a children’s book.