Can schools remove controversial books from a school library?

a. No. The Pico case held that students have First Amendment rights to any book that is in a library and school boards have no power to remove any books.
b. Yes. The Pico case gave school boards absolute control over library book.
c. Yes. Congress has passed the Discretion in Library Act, which allow librarians to remove books that would offend the public.
d. It depends on the facts of the case but generally school boards may not remove books from the school library because they dislike the ideas contained in those books.
e. None of the above.


D

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