‘Florida Republicans might be backing off support for Gov. Ron DeSantis' notorious book bans after being caught off-guard by national backlash, according to a report. Florida has become infamous as the epicenter of book censorship activism in schools, even as DeSantis has insisted the whole thing is a liberal "hoax" to make his state look bad. But the state's Republican legislature is starting to worry the action has gone too far, reported Politico, with lawmakers considering new rules to limit how many challenges can be brought.
Legislators "introduced a new idea to curb frivolous challenges to books" this month, which is "one of the first admissions the law, which tightened scrutiny around books with sexual content in K-12 schools, may have gone too far. The potential solution: allowing local schools to charge some people a $100 fee if they want to object to more than five books."’
Trying to ‘fix’ bad policy with more bad policy.
The problem is that Republicans are backtracking not because the book bans are reckless government excess and overreach but because they’ve become a political liability.
Legislators "introduced a new idea to curb frivolous challenges to books" this month, which is "one of the first admissions the law, which tightened scrutiny around books with sexual content in K-12 schools, may have gone too far. The potential solution: allowing local schools to charge some people a $100 fee if they want to object to more than five books."’
DeSantis allies start to back off book bans amid national outrage: 'May have gone too far'
Florida Republicans might be backing off support for Gov. Ron DeSantis' notorious book bans after being caught off-guard by national backlash, according to a report.Florida has become infamous as the epicenter of book censorship activism in schools, even as DeSantis has insisted the whole thing...
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Trying to ‘fix’ bad policy with more bad policy.
The problem is that Republicans are backtracking not because the book bans are reckless government excess and overreach but because they’ve become a political liability.