SHERIDAN: Words like these have led some teachers to empty their classroom shelves, says Andrew Spar. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Elementary classroom libraries are a type of school library. Here's an excerpt of a training video all school media specialists in Florida have to watch. SHERIDAN: For one, she says the state redefined the term school library to include any collection of books in a school, even those in classrooms. SKYE PERRYMAN: What has happened here is Florida officials under the DeSantis administration have flagrantly and unlawfully exceeded the quite narrow authority that HB 1467 provided the Department of Education.
Skye Perryman is with Democracy Forward, a legal advocacy group which has lawyers on the case.
Instead, the suit says the Department of Education expanded the scope of the law, known as HB 1467, and went too far when it issued training for school librarians this year. It's not challenging the law itself, which requires schools to be transparent about curriculum and library materials that was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis last year. KERRY SHERIDAN, BYLINE: The Florida Education Association filed what's known as an administrative legal challenge. Kerry Sheridan of member station WUSF reports.
The lawsuit is the first to be filed over a new law that critics say is leading to book bans in schools. A teachers union is suing Florida's Department of Education.
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