SC Board of Education may remove 10 books from classrooms: List
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — The South Carolina Board of Education will consider removing 10 more books from school libraries and classrooms on March 13.
The board has heard challenges to 17 books under a regulation implemented by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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The regulation allows the board to remove books containing 'sexual conduct.'
Books that could be removed include:
'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
Critics have called the regulation too vague.
'My concern is that section of state law broadly defines sexual conduct as a simple description of sexual intercourse,' said Patrick Kelly, director of government affairs for the Palmetto Teachers Association.
Kelly said that the broad definition could mean that foundational educational texts could be up for removal.
'So if you have a book that simply describes that act, then it's potentially age-inappropriate and it doesn't have to be a graphic description or explicit description, simply describing,' Kelly continued. 'So the bible describes sexual conduct, the works of Shakespeare describe sexual conduct.'
According to the Department of Education, the regulation is not book banning. Officials said it's dictating what books the government should buy.
So far, the board has removed 11 of the 17 books that have been challenged.
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