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Educators: Are the books in your library being challenged or restricted?

Students choose books from the mobile library van.
Celeste Noche
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NPR
Students choose books from a mobile library van.

There have been more than across Florida in the past year, according to a report by the advocacy group PEN America. Many of the targeted books are centered around people of color and LGBTQ characters.

Advocates worry there will be even more book challenges under a new state law that goes into effect on July 1, 2022.

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± education reporter Kate Payne wants to know how the is affecting you.

Maybe you're an educator whose bookshelf has been challenged or you are a parent who sees this happening in your kid's classroom or school library. Have you already begun to feel the effects of this new law or are you anticipating challenges in the months ahead?

Please let us know via the Google form below — we may contact you for a story.

Kate Payne was SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±'s Education Reporter.
Katie Lepri Cohen is SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±'s engagement editor. Her work involves distributing and amplifying SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±'s journalism on social media, managing SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±'s social accounts, writing and editing newsletters, and leading audience-listening efforts. Reach out via email at klcohen@wlrnnews.org.
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