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Board to remove state-identified books and consider policy amendment following State Board guidance
Summary
Board members discussed following the State Board of Education's guidance to remove a state-curated list of books and asked staff to post any removed titles and draft a policy amendment to recognize state authority.
Columbia County School Board members discussed recent state-level actions targeting instructional materials and indicated they will remove titles identified by the State Board of Education rather than run the district's usual challenge process.
A board member summarized that recent letters — including correspondence from the attorney general's office and the State Board of Education around a Hillsborough County case — have…
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