Nassau staff propose new book‑review rule, recommend immediate removal of State Board titles from student access

District staff presented a proposed rewrite of administrative rule 8.33 and recommended immediate removal from student access of any library titles that appear on the Florida State Board of Education's list of materials the state identified as pornographic.

The district's presenter told the school board that the proposed process would start when a petitioner files the specific material objection form with the assistant superintendent; a three‑person statutory compliance team — the presenter said that team would be herself, Dr. Barbara Swatkins and Mark Durham — would perform an initial, public review and notify petitioners of decisions. "We would then make a determination," the presenter said, describing the team's role in informal review and noting those meetings would be held in the sunshine and advertised in advance.

Staff said the changes are intended to clarify steps that have caused repeated requests for follow‑up information from the state…