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The PEN America report says Florida is responsible for 3,135 of the 4,349 school book bans in the United States so far this school year. Just this week in conservative Clay County, one person ...
The new law dials back legislation DeSantis signed in 2022 that increased public participation in the review of materials being used in schools, opening the door for unlimited challenges to books ...
April 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM. Phil Sears/AP/File. Less than a year after signing a law that led to the removal of hundreds of books from public school shelves, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill ...
April 16, 2024 at 5:44 AM. TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a bill that will scale back book ban laws in Florida public schools. The new law, HB 1285, would cap the ...
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District ( CFTOD ), formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District ( RCID ), is the governing jurisdiction and special taxing district for the land of Walt Disney World Resort. It includes 39.06 sq mi (101.2 km 2) within Orange and Osceola counties in Florida. It acts with most of the same authority and ...
A school district and school board in Florida’s Escambia County were sued in federal court by free expression group PEN America and Penguin Random House, one of the largest book publishers in ...
The Reedy Creek Improvement Act, otherwise known as House Bill No. 486, was a law introduced and passed in the U.S. state of Florida in 1967 establishing the area surrounding the Walt Disney World Resort (the Reedy Creek Improvement District) as its own county governmental authority, which granted it the same authority and responsibilities as a county government.
A lawsuit can move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S ...