This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the weeks of April 3, 2024 and April 10, 2024.

• Ada, ID Community Library returns books to shelves after banning them in illegal secret meeting
• Bay District Schools, FL establishes new book ban procedures based on false “pornography” narrative
• Bermudian Springs, PA considers policy to conduct needless review, possibly ban “borderline” books
• Buncombe County, NC has its first challenges, targeting a sex ed book and Jodi Picoult, among others
• Carroll, MD public school bans two more books
• Collier County, FL sees ideological challenges to textbooks mentioning climate change, modern economics
• Faribault, MN school board reacts to misinformation about “porn” in libraries with book ban policy
• Fort Bend ISD, TX weighs restrictive book ban policy amid parents' objections
• Knox County, TN, no longer waiting for complaints to consider book bans, forms proactive committees to review “sensitive titles”
• Mat.-Su., AK school district’s removal of books pending review contested before a federal judge
• New Hampshire Senate passes book ban bill, sends to house
• Phillips Public Library, WI faces threats of funding cuts after book banners revolt
• Pine Richland, PA follows book review procedure in full, correctly retains all challenged books
• Upper Adams SD, PA parents rally against censorship in proposed policy