DeSantis blames 'bad faith' actors for 'politicizing' his book ban law

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says bad faith actors are politicizing the state law that monitors what type of content is appropriate in school books — and he wants to limit the ability of the public to challenge the literature, the Herald-Tribune reported.

DeSantis said some schools are misinterpreting state laws and he is directing state education officials to "prohibit bad actors in school leadership positions from intentionally depriving students of an education by politicizing the book review process."

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He also wants the state Legislature "to enact policies limiting ... bad-faith objections made by those who don’t have children learning in Florida."

"Members of the community, although we like people wanting to be involved in what's going on, to just show up and object to every single book under the sun, that is not an appropriate situation here and we've seen that occasionally," DeSantis said during a press conference in Orlando.