SC Board of Ed. to vote on banning 10 books from K-12 classrooms
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — The South Carolina Board of Education will decide on banning 10 books from school classrooms and libraries on Tuesday.
The vote comes after the unanimous recommendation of the Instructional Materials Review Committee (IMRC) about removing the books from schools on March 13.
SC Board of Education removes four books from K-12 classrooms
The board will consider banning the following 10 books:
'Tricks' by Ellen Hopkins
'Identical' by Ellen Hopkins
'Collateral' by Ellen Hopkins
'Lucky' by Alice Sebold
'Living Dead Girl' by Elizabeth Scott
'Last Night at the Telegraph Club' by Malinda Lo
'Hopeless' by Colleen Hoover
'Half of a Yellow Sun' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
'Kingdom of Ash' by Sarah J. Maas
'Empire of Storms' by Sarah J. Maas
All of the books were requested for committee review by one complainant, Elizabeth Szalai.
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So far, the IMRC has heard challenges to 27 books after a regulation was implemented by the South Carolina Department of Education in June 2024. The regulation allows removing books or instructional material that contains 'sexual conduct.'
The board has removed 11 of the 17 books that have been challenged.
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