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Franklin County resident asks board to publish list after 58 library books taken out of circulation
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A Franklin County resident told the school board she learned 58 library books were removed from circulation amid concerns about complying with the state Age Appropriate Materials Act; district leaders said the books were quarantined, not discarded, and promised to post a list to BoardDocs.
Christina Suntorn Vaught, a Franklin County resident and children’s author, told the Franklin County School Board on Tuesday that she has learned the district removed 58 books from school libraries in response to uncertainty over the state’s amended Age Appropriate Materials Act.
Vaught said the change did not stem from formal parental complaints but from librarians’ fear of violating the law’s vague language. “Franklin County schools had removed 58…
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