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[quote=Anonymous]What's happening in Florida re: books in schools is crazy.

1. Some Facebook posts of Florida teachers' classrooms where they have been told they have to remove all books unless they've been first vetted or on an approved list.

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2. School librarians must take a "retraining" program before they are allowed to order new books. Violate the new state standards and you can be charged with a felony.

https://web02.fldoe.org/rules/doc/6A-7.0715_2918.pdf

[quote]The training and the state law that it’s based on both explicitly ban pornography in books and instructional materials. The policy relies on the Merriam-Webster definition of pornography, which is “the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement.”

Librarians also have to make sure a book is not deemed “harmful to minors,” which the training defines as a book which:

Predominantly appeals to a prurient, shameful, or morbid interest;
Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material or conduct for minors; and
Taken as a whole, is without serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
[b]If a book in a school library or one used in curriculum is deemed harmful, librarians and media specialists can be charged with a third-degree felony.[/b]

One of the factors librarians must consider while curating books for schools is “avoiding unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination.” The training does not define indoctrination, but the voiceover accompanying the training video offers some examples of what can count. “Critical Race Theory, culturally responsive teaching, social justice, social and emotional learning, and any other unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination are prohibited,” the voiceover says.

Librarians are not allowed to add instructional materials that contain any of these theories to classrooms.[/quote]

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-floridas-new-school-librarian-training-defines-off-limits-materials/2023/01

3. A parent just needs to object to a book, and it will be removed

https://www.thefire.org/news/florida-school-district-removes-library-books-response-public-complaints-defying-first[/quote]

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