No One Is Banning Books in Your School Library

No One Is Banning Books in Your School Library
Books on a shelf in a school library in a file photo. John Moore/Getty Images
Lance Christensen
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While reading the California Education Code the other day, I made a stunning discovery. School districts are allowed to burn books. Is California that far ahead on the road to totalitarianism? Not so fast.

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
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Lance Christensen is the president of California Policy Partners, a business membership association dedicated to improving economic and educational opportunities for Californians. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
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