Tensions simmer as conservative moms, Florida educators differ on school books

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“I know what’s good for kids,” said a Moms for Liberty leader serving on a state panel to devise new training for school librarians.

TALLAHASSEE — With a Jan. 1 deadline looming, a state Department of Education workgroup is crafting a training that all school library workers must use in selecting books and other materials.

But tension has simmered because some members of the panel don’t believe its recommendations go far enough.

The group, which includes parents and school media specialists, was formed to carry out part of a new law (HB 1467) passed during the 2022 legislative session.

The measure, which sparked heated partisan debates, was designed to intensify scrutiny of school library books and instructional materials. It required school boards to adopt procedures that, in part, provide for the “regular removal or discontinuance” of books from media centers based on factors such as alignment with state academic standards.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/12/08/tensions-simmer-conservative-moms-florida-educators-differ-school-books/

"Department of Education staff who are part of the workgroup have solicited input from its members on topics that are “outside the scope” of the library training, asking them to identify items they “would like to address with senior leadership” at the agency.

In response, Beavers proposed that school librarians should avoid facilitating students registering to vote."

Leave it to a "Moms for Liberty" leader to be against librarians facilitating students registering to vote...

Can't have librarians telling students about registering to vote, because what does that have to do with "liberty"?