WaPo: “Florida school districts axed about 700 books from school libraries in the 2023-2024 school year, according to a Florida Department of Education list.
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, estimates that 4,561 books have been removed from Florida school libraries since July 2021.
…The book removals follow a law that allows parents or local residents to push for the removal of any book that “depicts or describes sexual content” or is “pornographic.” The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has previously said the law “protects children from indoctrination” and gives parents “the ability to object to inappropriate materials.””