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The study comes a month after San Antonio's NEISD was found to have banned more books than any other district in Texas. Texas BannedBooksWeek bannedbooks SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX GregAbbott

Book reviews during the 2021-2022 school year took place after Texas Rep. Matt Krause demanded districts review books on a list of 850 titles he circulated.The, a nonprofit free-speech advocacy group, found that 22 school districts across the Lone Star State banned 801 books between July 2021 and June of this year. PEN defined a ban as any action taken against a book based on its content after challenges from parents or lawmakers.

The number of books banned in Texas far exceeded that of runner-up Florida, which banned 566 titles, and third place in Pennsylvania, where 457 books were taken off school shelves.

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