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Because we itemized our income tax deductions that year, we actually made a decent amount of money on the deal thanks to the federal tax deduction for eligible donations. We gladly took the opportunity to donate dozens of hardbound and paperback books to local tax-exempt charities.

Representatives for DeSantis and the Education Department did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.My book collection outgrew its allotted shelves a few years back despite my best efforts to control its growth by patronizing my local library and avoiding literary impulse buys.įortunately, the breaking point arrived just as my family geared up for a cross-town move.

In Texas, a school district has temporarily removed all books that have been challenged within the last year, including the Bible and an adaption of Anne Frank's diary.

In Des Moines, six book bans have been requested in the Iowa capital's largest metro school districts.The big picture: School districts from Pennsylvania to Wyoming have bowed to pressure from some conservative groups to remove books about LGBTQ issues and people of color. Ron DeSantis directed the Florida Board of Education to ban critical race theory discussions in public schools last year - even though it was not being taught in any public school system, including Florida's. The freeze on new books in Sarasota schools is slated to last until January at the earliest to give the district time to hire specialists and work with guidance from the state's Department of Education, district media relations specialist Kelsey Whealy said in a statement.īetween the lines: A pivotal midterm election year, COVID-19 frustrations and a backlash against efforts to call out systemic racism - driven disproportionately by white, suburban and rural parents - have made public schools ground zero in the culture wars, Axios' Russell Contreras writes.ĭon't forget: The Florida Department of Education announced in April that it rejected dozens of math textbooks because they "contained prohibited topics," including critical race theory.The school board has approved the job description for the role but currently no one fills the position. Zoom in: The new law requires a certified education media specialist to review and select all reading materials in schools.

This year, the donation was rejected for the first time.Why it matters: It's an issue many districts are likely wrestling with as students return to school in Republican-led states that have implemented restrictions on book content targeting topics like race, gender and sexuality.ĭetails: The Venice Rotary Club has partnered with the nonprofit Dictionary Project to donate over 4,000 dictionaries to elementary schools in the Sarasota County School District for almost 15 consecutive years, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. A Florida school district rejected a donation of dictionaries after putting a freeze on new books in libraries and classrooms as officials navigate a new state law designed to make it easier to pull books deemed objectionable.