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A group that works on freedom of expression is challenging an Iowa law and trying to keep some books on the shelves in schools. PEN America is working on book b ...
A legal organization focused on freedom of expression filed a new legal brief Monday asking the Eighth Circuit Court of ...
Federal Court Injunction Temporarily Shelves Texas Book-Ban Law "No matter how much time and expense the third parties invest in complying, the state, through the Texas Education Agency, retained ...
About 46% of the books that were-- or 47%, excuse me, of the books that were reported as being challenged to ALA, the American Library Association, last year centered around LGBTQ and BIPOC titles.
By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Elizabeth school district to return 19 banned books to the shelves of its school libraries by 5 p.m. on Saturday.
It is very, very clear.” According to a database maintained by the Des Moines Register, districts in Iowa have removed at least 450 books from their shelves in response to the law.
As the legal court battle over the administration's efforts to ban certain books in DoD schools for military children makes ...
It is very, very clear.” According to a database maintained by the Des Moines Register, districts in Iowa have removed at least 450 books from their shelves in response to the law.
As a result of the lawsuit, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher blocked parts of the law pertaining to books and instruction just days before Senate File 496's penalties went into effect.
Taking flagged books off the shelf or even relocating them to a different part of the library can open up the city to a lawsuit, she said. U.S. district courts across the country have ruled such ...
State law goes into effect over 'sexual conduct' in books at schools Malloy and other media specialists around the state are interpreting the new legislation, HB 1069, to mean that districts could ...