Even though states like Florida and Texas have banned some concepts relating to critical race theory from being taught in public school classrooms, some legal experts believe that school libraries can still stock books that promote the concept, whose historical accuracy has been widely cast as inaccurate.
William Jacobson, clinical professor and director of the securities law clinic at Cornell University Law School, told Fox News that under current laws and rules set forth by Florida and Texas, content relating to critical race theory can still be stocked in public school libraries.
The Texas law, House Bill 3979 which was passed in June and went into effect on Sept. 1, bans public schools from including content from The New York Times’ 1619 Project in curriculum, but according to Jacobson, would likely allow school libraries to stock the 1619 Project book, which was recently released.
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“The limitations on certain subjects are limited to ‘any social studies course in the required curriculum….’ and curriculum material for such courses. As such, it would not seem to apply to materials stocked in the library or elsewhere for other purposes,” Jacobson said.
A Florida Department of Education rule approved in June states that “Instruction may not utilize material from the 1619 Project.”
Amy Carney speaks on behalf of parents during a protest against critical race theory being taught at Scottsdale Unified School District before a digital school board meeting at Coronado High Schoo in Scottsdale on May 24, 2021.Protest At The Susd
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The rule also states that concepts like critical race theory and the denial of the Holocaust are “inconsistent with State Board approved standards.”
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The rule does not, however, ban schools from keeping books like the 1619 Project stocked in their…
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