Oona Torrie

Florida Banned Books List 2024 Release Date. Florida is responsible for 72% of the book banning incidents tracked nationwide between july and december of 2023, according to a recent report by pen america. Five dictionaries are on escambia county's list of more than 1,600 books banned pending investigation in december 2023, along with eight different encyclopedias, the.

Ron desantis issued a statement in february pushing back against what he called the “book ban hoax,” stating that the state department of education “does not. A september florida department of education report shows 20 of florida’s 67 school districts and the statewide public florida virtual school removed 298 books in the 2022.