Saturday, June 24, 2006
Sound Familiar?
Miami Herald: "The Miami-Dade School Board's own attorney specifically warned members earlier this month that a broad move to ban books from district libraries would violate its own rules and numerous legal precedents."
The board bucked that advice last week when it voted to remove a series of children's books from the entire school system, going far beyond the single title that was challenged in one elementary school.
The board's 6-3 vote to remove the books prompted a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union...
