Book Ban Laws 2025

Book Ban Laws 2025. Banned Books 2025 Statistics By State Eve Buchanan the district's eagerness to ban happened well in advance of the state's draconian new laws that give them the power to ban. Books are the subject of multiple bills filed for the 2025 Texas legislative session.

Book ban protest sign set on fire in St. Tammany Parish
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On January 24, 2025, the White House issued a press release stating that the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had "dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called 'book bans.'" What's this all about? Read on for the latest regarding book bans, and to learn which books make up the 2025 banned books list. This bill follows the templates of those like Illinois.

Book ban protest sign set on fire in St. Tammany Parish

PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s It wasn't that there was not interest; rather, time ran out on hearing the proposed new law If passed, the laws could lead to mass book bans and criminal charges.

School book bans spur a growing counteroffensive NPR. Kathleen Cates has drafted a new take on the anti-book ban measure for 2025 with House Bill 27 Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, made a ban list of 850 books.

Book ban protest sign set on fire in St. Tammany Parish. Connecticut passed library protections in a larger bill addressing youth wellness in 2023 Connecticut - Senate Bill 523 ("Don't Ban Books" Law) Introduced by Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff and Senator Ceci Maher