Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
2009
Banned for just four days from the Beulah (ND) High School library. Two school employees followed school policy to request removing the book after their son brought it home from an accelerated-reading program, in which students pick from a couple of hundred titles. The parents said the 1994 best-seller was too pornographic and at odds with student behavior promoted in the school handbook. The board reversed its decision at the encouragement of the board president, who said the board moved too fast and unleashed a possible court case it would never win. He said there might be more palatable alternatives, like creating a list of restricted books that parents would have to approve before their children can check them out. A decision to review school policies and investigate less-restrictive means to control library books was approved by the school board.
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A Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
A Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
August 9, 2010