US Edition10 more books pulled from South Carolina public school shelves
- South Carolina's Board of Education voted to remove 10 more books from public schools, totaling 22 banned or restricted titles statewide, according to the American Civil Liberties Union .
- The removal follows a recommendation from the Instructional Materials Review Committee, which deemed books with sexual content age-inappropriate for all students from kindergarten to 12th grade.
- Critics like Josh Malkin from the ACLU argue that the bans undermine democratic ideals in education, while proponents view the content as inappropriate material.
- Dissenting votes came from Dr. David O'Shields and Rev. Tony Vincent, marking a shift in South Carolina, which now leads the nation in state-mandated book bans.
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More books removed from SC schools after state board overcomes earlier hesitancy
Ten more books have been removed from all public schools across South Carolina after the full State Board of Education deemed that they violated the state's ban on sexual conduct in school materials.
10 books removed from South Carolina public schools: SCDoE
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - The South Carolina Department of Education took a vote on Tuesday to ban 10 books in public schools across the state. PAST COVERAGE: SC Board of Ed. postpones vote on banning 10 books from K-12 schools The books were in violation of the state's new regulation, any depiction of sexual contact inappropriate for all public school students in grades K-12. The total of ban books in South Carolina schools is now at a total of 2…
10 more books pulled from South Carolina public school shelves
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) -- Another 10 books have joined the growing list of titles banned from South Carolina public school libraries and classrooms following a Tuesday vote by the State Board of Education. The board voted during its May 6 meeting to pull the books from all K-12 shelves as part of a larger agenda. Dr. David O'Shields and Rev. Tony Vincent were the only dissenting votes. The Instructional Review Materials Board recommended on March…
10 more books must be removed from SC public K-12 schools, board rules • SC Daily Gazette
From left to right, state Board of Education Chair David O'Shields, attorney John Tyler, Chair-Elect Rita Allison, Joette Johnson and Joyce Crimminger hear a report during a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. The board voted Tuesday, May 6, 2025, to remove 10 more books from public school libraries. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — Ten additional books must be removed from school library shelves, the state Board of Education decided Tuesday…
Judge Blocks School Board From Removing Explicit Books, Saying It’s Unconstitutional to Follow ‘Conservative Values’
A school board in Colorado cannot remove sexually explicit, profane, and “transgender” books from school libraries because the school board is conservative, according to a federal judge touted as the first openly lesbian judge west of the Mississippi. The ACLU’s Colorado chapter filed a suit on behalf of two minors, the NAACP Wyoming State Area Conference, and the Authors Guild, claiming that the school district engaged in viewpoint discriminati…
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