
Book Banning in Boyle County
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Renee Shaw speaks with reporter Fiona Morgan who broke the story about Boyle County ...
Renee Shaw speaks with reporter Fiona Morgan who broke the story about Boyle County Public Schools banning more than 100 books from the school libraries.
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Book Banning in Boyle County
Clip: Season 2 Episode 102 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Renee Shaw speaks with reporter Fiona Morgan who broke the story about Boyle County Public Schools banning more than 100 books from the school libraries.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipYesterday we told you about the Boyle County School system's decision to ban more than 100 books from school libraries.
District officials say it's in response to a new anti-trans law, Senate Bill 150, which was passed earlier this year.
School officials claim library books are considered instructional resources and therefore fall under the new law.
But some parents disagree.
Today, I spoke with the advocate, messenger and messenger reporter Fiona morgan, who broke the story earlier this week.
The district hasn't said much on the matter of how they chose certain books.
Other than that, the attorney, Steven Webster, said that it was based on topics referenced in the bill.
So anything that references human sexuality or Sydney's or gender identity things along that line.
So is this over?
Is there more to be done?
We know that we've gotten a lot of news about this.
Toward the end of this week.
But is there further action that can be taken and what could it be?
So the response from the district to parents is that they can go through the school's reconsideration policy for library books.
Basically, parents can make an argument to the principals of each school about why certain books should be put back.
And there have been books that have been put back based on parents going to the school.
But the district hasn't said that they'll reverse any of the decisions.
The superintendent said that they'll change their policy if the law evolves or if the Kentucky Department of Education comes out with any specific guidance on this.
So as we told you yesterday, the Kentucky Department of Education disagrees with the district's actions and says S.B.
150 does not require the removal of library materials among the books banned in Boyle County is a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank.
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