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Residents press school board on summer book removals and state orders
Summary
Multiple public speakers urged the Hillsborough County School Board to return books removed during the summer review and criticized state-ordered removals and the district's review process, while some callers pressed for broader restrictions.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Aug. 26 Hillsborough County School Board meeting to criticize the district's summer book-review process and to urge the board to return books removed from school library shelves.
Speakers described a summer inventory and removal that one commenter said involved “50 books” pulled for reevaluation at a district cost she estimated at more than $500,000. Multiple speakers called for reinstating titles they said were cleared under the board’s processes and criticized what they called state overreach and informal directives communicated via social media and news outlets.
Some public commenters described specific…
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