This Week in Book Challenges
- May 8, 2024
Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the weeks of May 1st and May 8th, 2024.
- Alabama House passes book ban bill; scheduled for hearing in Senate
- Alachua County, FL school board to issue final order on discriminatory book challenge
- Colorado House passes anti-book ban bill
- Cumberland Valley, PA school district reinvites author Maulik Pancholy after disinviting him because he’s gay
- Hernando, FL school district committee recommends numerous book bans, to be heard in May 7 meeting
- Katy ISD, TX under Education Department Office for Civil Rights investigation for anti-LGBTQ+ policies
- Lafayette, LA public library board president defends discriminatory display policy
- Lancaster, PA’s Warwick School District considers policy to ease banning of books
- Laramie, WY, site of infamous hate crime, considers state’s strictest book ban policy for School District 1
- Rutherford County, TN school board pulls over 18 books, reviewing dozens more
- Spartanburg, SC school district uses new book ban policy to ban books
- Texas school board results positive-leaning mixed bag, as catalogued by TX Freedom to Read Project
- Washoe County, NV considers segregating LGBTQ+ books amid other homophobic backlash