During a news conference, the governor said reports that his administration is banning books was 'a hoax.'
and reports about empty shelves in school libraries as districts worked to comply with House Bill 1467, which took effect in July 2022. The law requires that all books and materials be reviewed by a district employee holding a valid educational media specialist certificate, who will determine if books are age-appropriate, free of pornography and"suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend the material presented.
"And it's a false political narrative," he said."And that's bad enough as it is, I guess, but for me, the important thing is that's a false narrative in service of using our schools for indoctrination rather than education." Suzanne Nossel, the CEO of PEN America, a nonprofit that works to defend free expression, hit back at DeSantis' remarks in a Twitter thread.
"If we take the Governor at his word that he is simply aiming to protect students from porn and sexualized texts, then the approaches and methods being legislated statewide go far beyond any conceivable effort in service of that goal," Nossel wrote. She said the state had passed"vague laws limiting what books can be in schools and libraries with stiff penalties."
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