August 14, 2025
A federal judge ruled against part of a law that led to removal of books for “sexual” content.…
March 19, 2025
Florida legislation could lead to more schoolbook removals
Under the bill, school districts could not consider a book’s literary value when the book is challenged as harmful.…
March 17, 2025
St. Johns parents appeal in suit over schoolbook removals
The parents say Florida’s law on schoolbook removals gives them no way to challenge the restrictions.…
March 3, 2025
Judge allows schoolbook lawsuit to continue
Major publishing companies sued over a 2023 Florida law that allows certain schoolbooks to be removed from libraries.…
February 4, 2025
Judge throws out schoolbook challenge from St. Johns moms
Three moms, including two from St. Johns County, argued that Florida’s policies on schoolbook removals are unfair. …
December 31, 2024
10 big legal cases to watch in Florida in 2025
The legal issues include a contested redistricting plan in North Florida.…
November 19, 2024
Florida pushes back in lawsuit over schoolbook removal
The state disputes that a state law regulating schoolbooks violates the First Amendment.…
November 14, 2024
Judge OKs settlement over Nassau schoolbook removals
School district officials agreed to return a number of removed schoolbooks to library shelves.…
November 12, 2024
Clay County leads state in removing schoolbooks
Clay County was responsible for 287 of more than 700 schoolbooks removed from classrooms and libraries statewide.…
June 11, 2024
St. Johns moms speak about their lawsuit over schoolbooks
The two parents are suing for equal rights when the public challenges books in Florida’s schools.…
May 28, 2024
St. Johns restricts schoolbooks, including ‘Slaughterhouse Five’
Only the oldest students in St. Johns County Schools will have access to “Slaughterhouse Five” and three other books.…
May 16, 2024
Nassau Schools sued over book’s removal
The co-authors of “And Tango Makes Three” allege the school district removed the book in violation of the First Amendment.…
April 16, 2024
DeSantis returns to Jax to sign limits on textbook challenges
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will limit challenges to schoolbooks and ease the process for charter schools to…
March 12, 2024
Settlement reached over Florida’s parental rights law
The state settled a lawsuit over a law that critics call “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement allows LGBTQ+ references in…
January 5, 2024
Bookseller says it’s giving away books removed from Duval schools
Firestorm Books of Asheville, North Carolina, says it obtained more than 22,000 books that had been removed from Duval County…
December 1, 2023
Alachua school district returns LGBTQ book to shelves
The school district determined that a complaint about the book came from a woman who did not live in the…
September 25, 2023
Conference brings Black resistance to Jacksonville
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History read from the works of Black authors whose writings…
September 13, 2023
Clay County leads state in removed schoolbooks
More than 300 books have been removed from Florida school districts in the last year, and Clay County had the…
August 25, 2023
Northeast Florida schools say teachers can’t show PragerU videos
Conservative advocacy group PragerU says Florida teachers can now show the group’s videos in class. Districts in Northeast Florida disagree.…
August 24, 2023
Special magistrates could weigh schoolbook disputes
State education officials set the stage Wednesday for special magistrates to hear disputes about issues such as parents’ objections to…