Marion County Public Schools, FL

Ban actions

Unique books

Laws affecting

Status breakdown

Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.55RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.35

District profile

Sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-25 + Census ACS 2019-2023 · LEAID 1201260

Enrollment

46,352

Grades PK–12

FRPL eligible

57%

26,248 students

Non-white share

59%

District type

Traditional

OCALA, FL

Median household income

$58,535

Population in poverty

14.6%

Adults 25+ with Bachelor's+

22%

Student race/ethnicity

41% White20% Black32% Hispanic2% Asian5% 2+ races

Laws in effect here

Legislation that applies to the books banned in this jurisdiction.

Florida · H 1069

Struck DownA court has ruled this law unconstitutional — it cannot be enforced.

Education

Florida · H 1467

SignedThe governor has signed the bill into law.

K-12 Education

Most-banned books here

All ban records (90)

Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
by Robert Rodi
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
The Black Flamingo
by Dean Atta
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Red Hood
by Elana K. Arnold
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Lucky
by Alice Sebold
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Rainbow Road
by Alex Sanchez
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
This Book is Gay
by Juno Dawson
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
by Jesse Andrews
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
All Boys Aren't Blue
by George M. Johnson
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Damsel
by Elana K. Arnold
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Infandous
by Elana K. Arnold
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
More Happy Than Not
by Adam Silvera
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Tricks
by Ellen Hopkins
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Killing Mr. Griffin
by Lois Duncan
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Being Transgender
by Robert Rody
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Rainbow Boys
by Alex Sanchez
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Rainbow High
by Alex Sanchez
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2023-2024 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2024
Milk and Honey
by Rupi Kaur
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
Flamer
by Mike Curato
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
Not My Idea
by Anastasia Higginbotham
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
Precious/Push
by Sapphire
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health
by Robie Harris & Michael Emberley
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
The Sun and Her Flowers
by Rupi Kaur
Removed per Florida Statute 1006.28(2) following parent/resident objections during the 2022-2023 school year.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.Jun 30, 2023
Milk and Honey
by Kaur, Rupi
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
The Sun and Her Flowers
by Kaur, Rupi
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
The Music of What Happens
by Konigsberg, Bill
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gay Rights (RK)
by Kranz, Rachel
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Two Boys Kissing
by Levithan, David
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver
by Lockhart, E.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Maas, Sarah J.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Gay Liberation Movement: Before and After Stonewall
by McGraw, Sean Heather K.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Pioneers of LGBTQ+ Rights
by McGrody, Ellen
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
What Was Stonewall?
by Medina, Nico
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Beloved
by Morrison, Toni
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Bluest Eye
by Morrison, Toni
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Out of Darkness
by Pérez, Ashley Hope
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Nineteen Minutes
by Picoult, Jodi
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Street
by Pitman, Gayle E.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World
by Prager, Sarah
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Being Transgender
by Rodi, Robert
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
by Rodi, Robert
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gay Marriage (TLR)
by Roleff, Tamara L.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Rainbow Boys
by Sanchez, Alex
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Rainbow High
by Sanchez, Alex
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Rainbow Road
by Sanchez, Alex
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Push
by Sapphire
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
Lucky
by Sebold, Alice
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
More Happy Than Not
by Silvera, Adam
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Not Quite Narwhal
by Sima, Jessie
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
by Slater, Dashka
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Gay Rights Movement
by Smith, Jennifer
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
This One Summer
by Tamaki, Mariko
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Drama: A Graphic Novel
by Telgemeier, Raina
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Transgender Activists and Celebrities
by The New York Times Editorial Staff
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Transgender Rights: Striving for Equality
by The New York Times Editorial Staff
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Hate U Give
by Thomas, Angie
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Homosexuality: Opposing Viewpoints
by Williams, Mary E.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gay & Lesbian Youth
by Stewart, Gail B.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Alexie, Sherman
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
by Andrews, Jesse
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Damsel
by Arnold, Elana K.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Infandous
by Arnold, Elana K.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Red Hood
by Arnold, Elana K.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Black Flamingo
by Atta, Dean
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Early History of the Gay Rights Movement
by Baldino, Greg
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
by Bausum, Ann
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Forever...
by Blume, Judy
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gay Rights Activists
by Burns, Kate
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gays and Lesbians
by Burns, Kate
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Flamer
by Curato, Mike
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
This Book Is Gay
by Dawson, Juno
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
Killing Mr. Griffin
by Duncan, Lois
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Foer, Jonathan Safran
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Gay Marriage (LSF)
by Friedman, Lauri S.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
by Funk, Mason
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Outlander
by Gabaldon, Diana
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Melissa (George)
by Gino, Alex
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
by Harris, Robie H.
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
by Higginbotham, Anastasia
RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.
Tricks
by Hopkins, Ellen
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Sold
by McCormick, Patricia
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Monday's Not Coming
by Jackson, Tiffany D.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
I am Jazz
by Jennings, Jazz
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
All Boys Aren't Blue
by Johnson, George M.
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.
Almost Perfect
by Katcher, Brian
Under ConsiderationA board or committee is actively reviewing whether to remove this book.