When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia’s Republican lawmakers.
But after the bitterly debated Georgia law took effect Jan. 1, The Associated Press found few book challengers are using it.
Georgia conservatives last year aimed to ease book challenges. But lawmakers knew a parents-only restriction would also limit them. The Georgia law may be preventing widespread challenges by a handful of conservative activists. Research has found complaints nationwide are largely driven by just a few people — who sometimes aren’t parents.
The principal examined the books, as legally required. In April, a Forsyth principal sided with a complaint, removing “The Nerdy and the Dirty” by B.T. Gottfred. But the West Forsyth principal concluded the books Strickland targeted should remain on shelves. She appealed to the school board. Forsyth Superintendent Jeff Bearden supported the principal’s recommendation to keep the books, as he did twice earlier. But the law requires the board to decide.
“I see it as a loss,” McKinney said after the meeting. “The students still don’t have a right to choose their own books.”
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