Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 13, 2024

• Anderson County, SC expands library board to ban books; immediately attacks trans themes [5]
• Buncombe County, NC board of education rejects 9-book challenge [6]
• Florida legislature passes bill limiting non-parent/guardian residents of county to one challenge per month [7]
• Knox County Schools, TN considers bans of queer and feminist books [8]
• Laramie, WY, where Matthew Shepherd was murdered for being queer, bans 8 of 9 challenged books, many of them with LGBTQ+ themes [9]
• Mentor, OH district retains two books following challenge [10]
• Nebraska Board of Education book ban proposal fails [11]
• Northview, MI Public Schools board denies appeal to 8 failed challenges [12]
• Prattville, AL library board has new policies, continues to target LGBTQ+ books [13]
• Princeton ISD, TX bans 100+ books pending review [14]
• Redlands, CA school district discusses book banning policy, sees heated discussion in 3/12 meeting [15]
• Staten Island, NYC school found throwing away hundreds of new books on LGBTQ+, BIPOC themes; city to investigate [16]
• Tennessee Senate passes awful book ban bill, HB 843; House has one more chance to respond due to clerical error [17]
• West Prairie, IL Board of Education jeopardizes funding over right to ban books [18]