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NCAC offers school admin Guidelines for Developing Policies on The Display of Student Art

By |April 3rd, 2023|Categories: News, Resources|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

As challenges to school library books and instructional materials are on the rise across the country, artistic censorship in schools has received less attention. However, school districts everywhere are struggling with increased political scrutiny on curricular and extracurricular artistic expression. School administrators are increasingly feeling pressured to censor or [...]

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West Texas A&M University president bans student drag performances

By |April 3rd, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has delivered a letter to the Board of Regents at Texas A&M University System to express its concern regarding  West Texas A&M President Walter Wendler's decisions to cancel A Fool’s Drag Race and place a ban on all future campus drag performances. According to [...]

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NCAC encourages Canby School District in Oregon to update their book challenge policy | Updated

By |March 30th, 2023|Categories: Letters, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Updated 11/28/23 - Canby School District officials voted to return eleven out of the twelve challenged books to school libraries. 3/30/23 - The National Coalition Against Censorship has sent a letter to the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon expressing our concerns with their instructional material reconsideration procedures. We [...]

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NCAC recommends a substantial change to proposed library media policy at Volusia County Schools in Florida

By |March 27th, 2023|Categories: Issues, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has written to Volusia County Schools in DeLand, Florida, to suggest an important change to proposed amendments for the district's Library Media Selection policy. In a letter to the district, NCAC expresses our concern regarding an addition to the district policy, which states [...]

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NCAC urges Martin County School District to improve book challenge policy after removal of 100 books

By |March 24th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Coalition Against Censorship has encouraged the school board of Martin County School District to amend their book challenge policy following the removal of nearly 100 books from school libraries. NCAC shared our Material Review and Policy Guidelines and Examples, a resource to help [...]

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NCAC protests viewpoint discrimination in Greenville County Public Libraries proposed policy | Updated

By |March 24th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Updated 3/31/2023 – The Greenville County Library board passes its amended collections policy removing language targeting gender. On 3/24/2023 – The National Coalition Against Censorship has sent a letter to the Greenville County Library System in Greenville, South Carolina, expressing our concerns with a proposed change to [...]

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