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Board discusses public reading, book challenges and Florida Statute 1006.28 during meeting
Summary
Members discussed the district’s book-challenge process after recent public readings at meetings and cited Florida Statute 1006.28, which the chair said can trigger automatic removal if a chair interrupts a reading; board members debated clearer parent communication and procedural improvements.
Members of the Orange County School Board used time during the Jan. 14 meeting to revisit policies and procedures for public book challenges after prior incidents in which members of the public read from challenged books during meetings.
Chair Terry Jacobs described the legislative background and the district’s constrained options when a public reading occurs. “The legislature in the 1006.28 stipulated that for any book that's part of a book challenge, if a parent or…
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