Florida School District Must Restore Books with LGBTQIA+ Content Under Lawsuit Settlement | AP
Under the agreement, the School Board of Nassau County must restore access to three dozen titles, including And Tango Makes Three. The book's authors, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, were plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the district. In total, the district must put three dozen books back in libraries as part of a settlement reached with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQIA+ content.

Public Library in Central Texas at Center of Book Ban Debate Headed to U.S. Court of Appeals | KHOU11
The Llano County (TX) Public Library is at the center of a lawsuit that could have impacts across Texas. A district court judge had determined the library violated the First Amendment, requiring the books be returned. The argument is now headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Oral arguments are set to begin later this month.

Virginia County School Board Removes Seven Books from Classrooms | WHSV3
On behalf of the Rockingham County (VA) School Board's content review committee, superintendent Dr. Larry Shifflett proposed to return five books to RCPS libraries and classrooms. However, board member Hollie Cave motioned to remove the books instead. As a result, the board voted to remove Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Burned and Glass by Ellen Hopkins, Sold by Patricia McCormick, and Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. Based on the committee’s recommendation and unanimous votes from the school board, Nineteen Minutes by Jodie Picoult and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky will also be removed. Two other books, Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli and More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera, will return to the shelves.

Indiana District School Board Votes to Support Committee Recommendation to Keep Push in School Library | The Republic
The school board of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. in Columbus, IN, unanimously voted to uphold a committee’s decision to keep a challenged book in the Columbus East High School library. The challenged book was Push, a 1996 novel by author Sapphire, which was later later made into the 2009 film Precious.

Virginia District School Board Denies Citizen’s Petition to Remove Popular Book from Circulation | Inside NoVA
The Prince William County (VA) School Board has upheld a recommendation by the superintendent and division-level committee that the book A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas remain in circulation for high school students, denying a petitioner's request to remove the book.