Book Removals

The Escambia County School Board deposed student plaintiffs in a book ban lawsuit, including a 7-year-old who wanted access to a picture book. Now, board members are asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to let them avoid getting deposed themselves, arguing "legislative privilege" shields them from questioning.

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After removing hundreds of books, Clay County is debating the purpose of high school libraries. School officials called it modernization. Critics see it as the next phase of the book debate targeting fiction books.

Florida resident Brad Meltzer joined "The Florida Roundup" to talk about affordability, "frozen" books, kindness and more. He is a top-selling author and an executive producer of a PBS Kids show.

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Last week’s brief contended the board removed the book “because it disapproved of the book’s inclusive message about families with same-sex, adoptive parents.”

Attorneys general from 21 states filed a friend-of-the-court brief filed at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as Florida challenges a district judge’s ruling that said the law is “overbroad and unconstitutional.”

The Escambia County School Board has spent nearly $1 million on legal fees to keep certain books out of school libraries.

On "The Florida Roundup," we dive into the debate regarding school book removals across the Sunshine State.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke about book restrictions in public schools, the availability of COVID-19 boosters in Florida following changes to CDC guidelines and more.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," we’re talking about Florida’s government shutdown and unpaid workers, uncertainty over vaccine mandates, and the growing debate over books being pulled from schools.

The judge rejected First Amendment arguments raised by the authors of "And Tango Makes Three," adding the school board "simply decided students wanting this particular book will have to get it elsewhere.”