WARNING: This report contains some explicit material read at the school board meeting.
TAMPA, Fla. – Angry parents flooded the Hillsborough County School District’s board meeting Tuesday to read explicit passages from books that are currently in school libraries.
Parents, including some who are members of the group Hillsborough County Citizens Defending Freedom, hoped the school board would utilize the new law, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last May.
In exclusive interviews with Florida’s Voice, parents explained their frustration with the formal review process for book reconsiderations, which can take over six months – just for one book.
