The bill would require a two-thirds vote from a school board to remove books from the classroom, and impose fines on school districts that refuse to provide materials with “inclusive and diverse pe…
California may make it harder to ban books in public schools — as it dives into the contentious, national debate pitting the First Amendment against conservative values.
It’s a belief that the bill’s author, Assemblymember Corey Jackson, D-Perris, hopes will create a more “accurate, inclusive and equitable education system for all students in California.” But despite passing in the committee with a 5-2 vote, the bill has drawn controversy across the state. School board member Jennifer Wiersma, who supported the ban, said she had heard from parents concerned about their grade schoolers studying LGBTQ issues. “There’s a time for all these things in education,” she said at the time. “It’s not K through 5.”
Temecula Valley is not alone. Across the United States, similar debates on book banning have popped up with increasing pace: From July to December of 2022, nonprofit PEN America found 1,477 instances of banned books in 37 states, with Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah, and South Carolina racking up the highest number of book removals. That was an increase of 28% compared to the prior six months, the organization reported.
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