I don't Think ive seen anyone on here talking abt some US states forcing teachers to remove all books from their classrooms and force them to only have pre-vetted books available or else face possible JAIL TIME ???
Not to sound like a twitter user but why aren't people talking about this omg
(link to this cnn article) ^
Please note the third degree felony???
(link to this tweet) ^
Also lots of articles if you search "Florida book ban" or smth similar online. I'm just shocked I've not seen much about this, maybe people don't know it's happening??
If you're not completely plugged in Ron DeSantis, the governor doing this, is the republican front runner for president next year.
The bill is HB 1467 and you can read the whole thing there if you want but long story short. Every schoolboard/librarian/teacher is liable for the media in the school. It must be approved, cataloged, and posted publicly so that any parent (or adult in that county) can dispute a book on the bounds that it "...contains content that is pornographic... is not suited to student needs... or is inappropriate for the grade level..."
If that sounds vague.... yeah. It's supposed to be. This will be a tool they'll use to bludgeon anything they don't like. And again. ANY adult in the county can claim they don't like a book for whatever reason. Those reports will be reviewed by a committee and will be spread to other schools to follow suit.
So what we see here is a lot of teachers/schools pulling books preemptively while catalogs are made so they can't be held liable for them later.
