Florida leads the nation in number of banned books. Clay County accounts for a third of Florida’s total -- and most of the books were reported by one man.
10:40 PM EDT September 25, 2023-- with than double the number of banned books than the second leading state, Texas. And that means more books have been yanked off the shelves, than in any other school district in the nation, according to PEN America – a free expression organization.
Clay school documents show in the 2022–23 school year, 489 books received objections. And in Florida, if a person wants a school book reviewed, it is immediately taken off the shelf. Clay has more banned books than the state of Missouri. And Clay’s number of banned books accounts for more than a third of the banned books in Florida.
Some people in Clay County are concerned this is slowing down the purchasing of new books for school libraries.
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