This Week in Book Challenges [3]
- By Philomena Polefrone [4]
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]