Florida education officials have rejected dozens of social studies textbooks amid an ongoing effort by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to influence what’s taught in the state’s public schools.
The Florida Department of Education announced Tuesday that it had approved 66 of 101 submissions for new social studies textbooks — some of which only got through after publishers made revisions requested by the state.
At first, only 19 books were approved “due to inaccurate material, errors and other information that was not aligned with Florida Law,” the department said.
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