Pennsylvania School District Passes Strict Book Banning Policy
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the School Board of Central Bucks School District in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, after recent proposed changes to the District’s Library Materials...
View ArticleNCAC Urges New York School District to Support Free Expression
The National Coalition Against Censorship has delivered a letter to the Auburn Enlarged City School District Board in Auburn, New York, in response to proposed amendments to its Instructional Materials...
View ArticleConroe, Texas, School District to Remove “Obscene” Books from Libraries |...
Updated 11/28/2022— NCAC has written an additional letter to the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees. Originally published 8/22/2022— The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the Conroe...
View ArticleNaples, Florida, School District Adds Hundreds of “Advisory Notices” to...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the School Board of the Collier County Public Schools in Naples, Florida, after District libraries recently added an “Advisory Notice” to...
View ArticleMadison, Mississippi, School District Restricts Books on Race and LGBTQ+ Themes
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to the Madison County School Board in Ridgeland, Mississippi, regarding recent restrictions on 10 books, requiring students to obtain...
View ArticleNCAC, A Kids Co., Release New Kids Book About Banned Books
[Portland, OR, September 12, 2022] - Accessibility to books and diverse author voices is essential in understanding the human experience and the world at large. This concept is core to the work we do...
View ArticleNCAC calls on Norman Oklahoma School District to Clarify HB 1775 Only Applies...
A high school English teacher at Norman School District in Norman, Oklahoma, was recently admonished for sharing a QR Code with students that led to book recommendations from the Brooklyn Public...
View ArticleTexas School District to Remove Books on Race and Gender
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Grapevine, Texas, regarding recent policy changes which seem to allow library books...
View ArticleBuy a Journal. Fight Censorship!
CHICAGO — Sourcebooks, a leading independent publisher based in Chicago, and the American Library Association’s (ALA) book publishing imprint, ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman, announce the publication...
View ArticleSpotsylvania, Virginia, School District Removes Books Without Review
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to Spotsylvania County Public Schools in Virginia, regarding the removal of district library books without following their established...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Middle School Removes Book on Anti-Racism from Library
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to Batesburg-Leesville Middle School in South Carolina regarding the removal of Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You from the school...
View ArticleSt. Lucie Public Schools in Florida Remove Books Before Review | UPDATED
Updated 2/2/23 – NCAC has received a response from the Superintendent of St Lucie Public Schools. He has agreed to follow the district's appeal process and to reconsider the four books that were...
View ArticleNCAC demands return of 13 books by Ellen Hopkins to Hernando School District...
NCAC contacts Hernando School District in Brooksville, Florida, to express its concerns about the removal of 13 books by Ellen Hopkins from its libraries. A district administrator claimed that the...
View ArticleNCAC releases new resource for authors of banned or challenged books
NEW YORK – The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) today released a new resource that provides practical advice for authors whose books are being challenged and banned in K – 12 schools and...
View ArticleFlorida prisons ban “The Militant”
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has contacted the Florida Department of Corrections to express its concern regarding reports that The Militant was removed from several prisons due to...
View ArticleMansfield, Texas, School District proposed review policy remains problematic
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has contacted the school board in Mansfield, Texas, regarding a proposed library materials policy. NCAC shared our concern that the policy provision...
View ArticleFree speech community opposes Rockwell Falls Public Library Board’s attack on...
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and members of the free speech community are alarmed by the Rockwell Falls Public Library Board's postponement and subsequent cancellation of an April...
View ArticleLee Rowland named National Coalition Against Censorship Executive Director
NEW YORK – The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), an alliance of 59 national non-profit organizations, today announced that Lee Rowland, the policy director at the New York Civil Liberties...
View ArticleHernando County, Florida school board removes “Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl?”
The National Coalition Against Censorship recently wrote a letter to the School Board of Hernando County School District in Brooksville, Florida, regarding their choice to remove Louis Sachar's "Marvin...
View ArticleNCAC urges New Hanover County, North Carolina, school board to reject...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written a letter to the school board of New Hanover County, North Carolina, urging them to reject a challenge to the book, Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism,...
View ArticleDon’t Turn School Libraries Into Detention Centers
In a decision that is so shocking it sounds like satire, the new, state-appointed superintendent of the Houston Independent School District has announced plans to eliminate library staff from 28...
View ArticleNCAC recommends book review policy changes to the Craven County Board of...
Following news reports of 11 books being challenged in school libraries in the Craven County School District in North Carolina, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to the...
View ArticleNCAC urges Iowa Department of Education to issue Senate File 496 guidance to...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to urge the Iowa Department of Education to issue guidance regarding Senate File 496, which restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual...
View ArticleFree speech organizations call on Florida’s Department of Education to Issue...
(St. Petersburg, Florida) — A group of free expression and anti-censorship groups sent a letter to schools across Florida today, alerting them to legal filings by the state’s Attorney General that the...
View ArticleNCAC Launches Network of Local Groups to Fight Book Banning
New York, NY, September 7, 2023 – In response to the rapid expansion of organized politically partisan efforts to remove books from school and public library shelves, the National Coalition Against...
View ArticleNCAC Board President Emily Knox to testify before U.S. Senate Committee on...
NEW YORK - On September 12, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Emily Knox, the Board President of the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), is set to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on...
View ArticleFort Worth ISD has temporarily removed over 100 books in violation of...
The National Coalition Against Censorship wrote to the board of Fort Worth Independent School District urging them to return any books that were temporarily removed from school libraries. The district...
View ArticleOver 150 books have been restricted at St. Tammany Parish Library in Louisiana
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the St. Tammany Parish Library in Covington, Louisiana after the library limited access to over 150 challenged books during the adjudication...
View ArticleNCAC offers anti-censorship resources during Banned Books Week
NEW YORK— The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) offers anti-censorship resources as libraries, bookstores, and schools nationwide celebrate Banned Books Week, October 1 – 7, 2003, a weeklong...
View ArticleNCAC’s Student Advocates for Speech leader Julia Garnett receives White House...
NEW YORK - In celebration of International Day of the Girl, First Lady Jill Biden will honor Julia Garnett, a 17-year-old Student Advocates for Speech (SAS) leader from Hendersonville, Tennessee....
View ArticleNCAC recommends revisions to Sunapee, New Hampshire school district policy
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the Sunapee School District Board to recommend revisions to a proposed book challenge policy. NCAC encourages the district to remove a provision...
View ArticleNCAC Introduces Student Advocates for Speech 2023 Cohorts
NEW YORK – The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has selected 15 exceptional high school students to participate in its 2023 Students Advocates for Speech (SAS) program, representing 11...
View ArticleThe superintendent of Cobb County School District in Georgia has removed two...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the school board of Cobb County School District in Marietta, Georgia to recommend improvements to their current policies after two books were...
View ArticleNCAC protests improper removal of over 100 books in Kentucky school district
Boyle County Schools in Kentucky has improperly removed over 100 books because they claim they are required to do so under Kentucky law SB 150. The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to...
View ArticleIowa School District removes over 70 books without following proper review...
The Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District in Grimes, Iowa has removed 73 books from school libraries in an attempt to comply with Iowa Senate File 496, which prohibits school libraries from...
View ArticleNCAC recommends policy improvements for a Wisconsin School District that...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the Elkhorn Area School District in Wisconsin to recommend policy improvements after a local parent challenged 444 library books, which were...
View ArticleRockingham County Public Schools in Virginia temporarily removes 57 books...
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written a letter to the Rockingham County School Board to protest their decision to temporarily remove 57 books from school libraries without following...
View ArticleNCAC Condemns Biden Administration’s Attempts to Coerce Amazon Into Censorship
Recent news reports have surfaced, revealing attempts by the Biden administration to pressure Amazon to censor controversial anti-vaccine books and search results. According to the reports,...
View ArticleNCAC protests the disposal of hundreds of school library books at New York...
The National Coalition Against Censorship urges the school administrators of PS 55, The Henry M. Boehm School in Staten Island, NY, to follow NY DOE policy and return these discarded books back to...
View ArticleNCAC recommends policy changes to Roane County School District in Tennessee
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to the Roane County School District Board of Education in Kingston, Tennessee to recommend changes to their board policy. After almost 200...
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