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Katy ISD paid $46K to an outside law firm that previously worked on a book-ban policy
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The Katy ISD board paid an outside law firm more than $46,000 to provide special counsel despite having its own attorney to serve the district's legal needs.
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What will DOGE target next? Musk looks to the Education Department.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via The Journal News Media Group (New York)A Trump-appointed Education Department official confirmed in a meeting this week that DOGE is already probing the agency, two staffers said.
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Publishers, a library and others sue over Idaho’s law restricting youth access to ‘harmful’ books
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Washington)Several large book publishers, a tiny public library and others are suing Idaho officials over a law that forces libraries to keep some books in an adults-only section if community members believe they are 'harmful to minors.'
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Questionnaire: Timothy ‘Chaz’ Stevens, candidate for Deerfield Beach mayor
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Completed questionnaire for Timothy 'Chaz' Stevens, candidate for Deerfield Beach mayor.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Publishers, authors, Idaho library district sue state officials over ‘harmful’ books law
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)The director of the Donnelly Library District said the law created a 'crisis' for the rural library, which has become an adults-only building.
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Book ban investigations ended, including complaints against Forsyth County Schools
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
via FOX 5 Atlanta (Georgia)The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced it will no longer investigate school book removals, effectively ending its involvement in the nationwide debate over so…
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
How Georgia Democrats are finding ways to fight Donald Trump’s policies
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)A state lawmaker has taken on the persona of a newscaster on the Senate floor in an attempt to get his Republican colleagues' attention.
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‘It’s a long time coming’: Nevada Assembly switches to gender-neutral titles
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)In today's edition of Behind the Bar, The Indy's legislative reporters break down the first day of session, from Senate Republicans' mail ballot goals to bills LGBTQ+ advocates want to counter Trump…
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Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus opens session with plans to focus on family protections, economy
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Before members of the Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus outlined the bills they're prioritizing in the newly convened session of the Nevada Legislature, the group's new chair, Assemblywoman Cecelia…
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Georgia school district no longer required to follow book ban directives
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)The U.S. Department of Education also dismissed multiple complaints related to book bans in the days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
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Feds dismiss nationwide book ban complaints that originated in Georgia
Monday, February 3rd, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)The U.S. Department of Education also dismissed multiple complaints related to book bans in the days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
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Librarians accused of peddling pornography speak out at Sundance
Friday, January 31st, 2025
via The Washington Post (Wyoming)'The Librarians,' from director Kim A. Snyder, follows school librarians who face death threats and, in several cases, job loss for defying book bans.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Former Colorado middle-school dean alleges she was fired for protesting district’s book ban as racist
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
via The Denver Post (Colorado)'I felt that the book ban was trying to erase my and my students' cultural heritages,' LeEllen Condry wrote in the discrimination charge.
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Florida judge rules against book ban-opposed parents alleging censorship, discrimination
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Parents of public school students sued, arguing to U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor that the inconsistency violated the First Amendment.
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Trump Signs Order to Promote ‘Patriotic Education’ in the Classroom
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe executive order was among several the president signed meant to steer American schools and universities to adopt Republican priorities, such as restricting how schools discuss racism and gender…
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North Texas filmmakers premiere new movie at Sundance
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)The two North Texas filmmakers behind the A24 film Sing Sing debuted their latest collaboration at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Sunday.
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Librarians featured in Sundance doc on book bans receive standing ovation from SLC audience
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)"The Librarians" premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via WESH (Florida)Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a "hoax."
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Free speech organizations denounce DEO calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Oneida Dispatch (New York)The American Library Association called the department's announcement part of a 'cruel and headlong effort to terminate protections from discrimination for LGBTQIA+ students and students of color.'
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