A trio of Houston-area school districts accounted for nearly half of the 1,781 books banned in Texas over the 2024-2025 school year, making the Lone Star State second only to Florida for the most book bans in the nation, according to an annual report from a free speech nonprofit. Almost 25% of the book bans nationwide-or 6,870-came from seven Texas school districts, according to PEN America, an organization that tracks banned books by reviewing district websites, news reports and school board minutes. The organization only counts a book as banned when a district takes it off a library shelf.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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