Banned books in US hit record high in 2023-2024 school year NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

As book banning seemingly becomes a trend across the United States, a new report from PEN America confirms a staggering leap in banning instances over the course of the current 2023-2024 school year.

Back in 2022, Florida became the first of several states to make it easier for residents to challenge books in schools, but this week, the Sunshine state became the first to roll back its policy.

The governor signed a new law on Tuesday, deciding that Florida residents who don’t have children in local public schools will have significantly fewer chances to challenge books in local K-12 libraries.

The new legislation will enforce a limit of one objection to a book per month for people who don’t have children in a given school district; those who do have children in a district will continue to be allowed unlimited challenges to library books.

PEN America’s data shows there were more than 4,000 instances of booking …