As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books - not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other...
is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books - not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states.
While efforts to ban books or censor education material have come up sporadically over the years, critics and supporters creditwith inspiring a new wave of legislation in other conservative states to regulate the books available in schools - and sometimes even in public libraries. The number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the U.S. last year was the highest in the 20 years the American Library Association has been tracking such efforts.
In Arkansas, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law, set to take effect this summer, that could impose criminal penalties on librarians who knowingly provide “harmful” materials to minors. The law also would establish a process for the public to challenge materials and ask they be relocated to a section minors can’t access.
In Oklahoma, the state school board has approved new rules that prohibit “pornographic materials and sexualized content” in school libraries and allow parents to submit formal complaints. The rules still must be approved by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that includes removing all books depicting sex acts from school libraries as part of a wider package.
Kasey Meehan, who directs the Freedom to Read program at the writers’ organization PEN America, said that, when books are targeted in Florida, they later become the subject of complaints filed by parents in other states.
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