Contrary to the liberal narrative, not all Florida school districts have removed books this school year. In fact, more than half have not done so.
But when they have pulled books from school shelves, the texts were overwhelmingly lewd and possibly pornographic, violent, or otherwise inappropriate.
Based on data submitted by school districts to the state Department of Education, 33 of the 56 school districts that submitted their tallies — or 59% — indicated that they had not removed any books since the school year started.
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Of the other 23, they only removed a total of 175 books — or about eight books each.
Yet 153 of that total — or 87% — were pulled largely from school libraries “because the district discovered that the book was ‘pornographic, violent or inappropriate for the grade level for some other reason.”
Duval and St. Johns counties led the way on this issue, removing 19 books each. In Duval County, schools stated they removed 16 out of those 19 books because they were “pornographic, violent, or inappropriate.”
In a tweet responding to media criticism of DeSantis on this issue, Bryan Griffin, the governor’s spokesman, said, “There has been no state instruction to empty libraries or cover up classroom books. However, we ARE taking a stand against pornography and sexual material in the classroom.”
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“NO classroom or school library should have pornographic material made available to children. Unfortunately, this is a real and ongoing problem.”
Griffin reminded the public that the state is taking on this quest because Florida law outlaws the distribution of pornography, nudity, or sexual content to a minor on school property.
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