February 4, 2025Judge throws out schoolbook challenge from St. Johns momsThree moms, including two from St. Johns County, argued that Florida’s policies on schoolbook removals are unfair. …By Noah Hertz
December 31, 202410 big legal cases to watch in Florida in 2025The legal issues include a contested redistricting plan in North Florida.…By Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
November 19, 2024Florida pushes back in lawsuit over schoolbook removalThe state disputes that a state law regulating schoolbooks violates the First Amendment.…By Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
November 14, 2024Judge OKs settlement over Nassau schoolbook removalsSchool district officials agreed to return a number of removed schoolbooks to library shelves.…By News Service of Florida
November 12, 2024Clay County leads state in removing schoolbooksClay County was responsible for 287 of more than 700 schoolbooks removed from classrooms and libraries statewide.…By Noah Hertz
June 11, 2024St. Johns moms speak about their lawsuit over schoolbooksThe two parents are suing for equal rights when the public challenges books in Florida’s schools.…By Noah Hertz
May 28, 2024St. 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.…By Noah Hertz
May 16, 2024Nassau Schools sued over book’s removalThe co-authors of “And Tango Makes Three” allege the school district removed the book in violation of the First Amendment.…By News Service of Florida
April 16, 2024DeSantis returns to Jax to sign limits on textbook challengesGov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will limit challenges to schoolbooks and ease the process for charter schools to…By Dan Scanlan
March 12, 2024Settlement reached over Florida’s parental rights lawThe state settled a lawsuit over a law that critics call “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement allows LGBTQ+ references in…By Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida and Randy Roguski
January 5, 2024Bookseller says it’s giving away books removed from Duval schoolsFirestorm Books of Asheville, North Carolina, says it obtained more than 22,000 books that had been removed from Duval County…By Dan Scanlan
December 1, 2023Alachua school district returns LGBTQ book to shelvesThe school district determined that a complaint about the book came from a woman who did not live in the…By Lauren Brensel - Fresh Take Florida
September 25, 2023Conference brings Black resistance to JacksonvilleThe Association for the Study of African American Life and History read from the works of Black authors whose writings…By Will Brown
September 13, 2023Clay County leads state in removed schoolbooksMore than 300 books have been removed from Florida school districts in the last year, and Clay County had the…By Aaron Farrar - News4Jax
August 25, 2023Northeast Florida schools say teachers can’t show PragerU videosConservative advocacy group PragerU says Florida teachers can now show the group’s videos in class. Districts in Northeast Florida disagree.…By Claire Heddles
August 24, 2023Special magistrates could weigh schoolbook disputesState education officials set the stage Wednesday for special magistrates to hear disputes about issues such as parents’ objections to…By Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida