Anti-book-ban policy (June 2023)
effectiveCentral York School District anti-book-ban policy — first in York County, PA
Central York School District Board of School Directors · Central York School District, PA
Summary
In June 2023 the Central York School District Board of School Directors passed a first-in-York-County anti-book-ban policy. The policy (a) returned the two books removed in March 2023 following Faith Casale's 2022-09 challenges ('Push' by Sapphire and 'A Court of Mist and Fury' by Sarah J. Maas) to library shelves; (b) established age-based categories for library book access; and (c) prohibited the banning of library books entirely going forward. The policy follows the district's Nov 2020 ban of roughly 300 diversity-resource-list materials (reversed Sep 2021 after student-and-community-led opposition) and the Sep 2022 Faith Casale re-challenge cycle. Date-effective uses 2023-06-15 as an estimate — accessible sources name 'June 2023' without a specific day. Coverage: York Dispatch, Bucks County Beacon, NCAC, EdWeek.
Notes
First anti-book-ban policy passed by a school district in York County, PA. Cross-references the 297 existing Central York ban rows (status=reinstated, date_effective=2020-11-01) plus the two 2022-09 Casale-challenge bans (Push #4443 and ACoMaF #3792) added in the same session as this record. Sold by Patricia McCormick (#3843), the third 2022-09 Casale challenge, was retained by the review committee and therefore has no ban row. Access to the full text of the adopted policy via accessible sources was not possible as of the 2026-04-23 research pass — a CYSD board-minute fetch would unblock exact policy text.