CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina’s Superintendent Ellen Weaver is facing a lawsuit challenging Regulation 43-170, which has led to the banning of 22 books from public schools across the Lowcountry.
The regulation prohibits any book containing sexual conduct from being allowed in classrooms, making South Carolina the state with the highest number of banned books.
Sam Kennedy, a staff attorney for the ACLU of South Carolina, represents the teachers and students who filed the lawsuit.
“This regulation is difficult to interpret, which is why our librarian plaintiffs are challenging it,” Kennedy said…