Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of January 17, 2024

• Boone County, KY retains acclaimed picture book after challenge over fairytale kiss [5]
• Carroll County, MD unanimously approves restrictive “sexual content” book banning policy [6]
• Clay County, FL caves to Moms for Liberty's misleading “parental rights” message, book rating demand [7]
• Cottonwood, AZ school district considers policy letting anyone challenge books, banishing them to back room [8]
• Des Moines County, IA school districts Danville and West Burlington will follow SF 496, ignoring injunction [9]
• Fairfield, CT superintendent promises to reschedule author event that was canceled due to anti-LGBTQ+ complaints [10]
• Hanover, VA school board’s overbroad book ban policy confuses parents at meeting [11]
• Idaho HB 384 would ban minors from accessing material containing depictions of “homosexuality”  [12]
• Marietta, GA keeps bans in place for 23 predominantly LGBTQ+ books despite appeal [13]
• Massachusetts H 4229/S2582 would prevent book bans due to personal or political beliefs [14]
• New Mexico HB 123 has been introduced, banning book bans on the model of Illinois’s bill last year [15]
• New Prairie, IN votes to retain 6 challenged books [16]
• Sioux City Public Schools, IA approves policy based on SF 496, ignoring injunction [17]