DeSantis expected to sign bill scaling back book ban rules in public schools [Video]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s governor, Monday, said he’ll sign a bill scaling back the state’s law allowing book bans in public schools. That’s after previously working with the GOP-controlled legislature to create the censorship.

The change comes after Florida had more than 40% of the nation’s book ban cases— about 1,400 of them in total— just in the last school year. That’s according to research by PEN America. State officials had lower numbers but said the challenges resulted in nearly 390 books removed from Florida shelves, most from two school districts, Clay and Escambia.

HB 1285 would cap the number of books non-parents could challenge, limiting it to one per month. Gov. Ron DeSantis believed that would help curb what he called “activists” from trying to drive up challenge numbers.

“So basically, if you don’t have a kid in the school district, you can challenge one book per month,” said DeSantis at a Pensacola press conference. “And I …