A lawsuit says Florida went too far with training that led some schools to clear bookshelves

The administrative legal challenge seeks to force the Florida Department of Education to roll back its media specialist training and follow the language of HB 1467.
Florida's largest teachers union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state Department of Education, in the first legal challenge of its kind over a law that critics say has led to book bans in schools.

The Florida Education Association filed what's known as an administrative legal challenge. It’s not challenging the law itself, HB 1467, which requires schools to be transparent about curriculum and library materials and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year.

Instead, the suit says the Department of Education expanded the scope of the law and went too far when it issued training for school librarians this year.