A Florida law forced the Brevard Public School Board to discontinue a number of books after the board stopped parents from reading explicit passages during its meeting Tuesday.
Despite the school district having a formal review process for book reconsiderations, parents who were frustrated with the reportedly “slow” process attended the meeting to utilize the new law, HB 1069, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May.
The law said parents “shall have the right to read passages from any material that is subject to an objection.” If the school board denies the right to read passages due to content that is “pornographic” or “harmful to minors,” the school district shall discontinue use of the material.
The school district’s website currently has a list of 31 formally challenged books “pending” a decision. The process has taken a lengthy amount of time to be reviewed by the district’s book review committee, as Florida’s Voice previously reported.
[Kind of funny how they’re all torqued off at fascist Emperor DeSantis for taking this stuff away from the children in their care, when it’s too much for even their delicate adult ears. Posturing fools. ~ Beege]
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