The Duval County School Board voted Monday to change its rules for reviewing challenged books that parents or community members flag over potential content violations.
Most of the revisions are to the composition of the committee tasked with reviewing any books that potentially violate state law or district policy. Instead of a committee appointed by district staff, each board member will now name one representative, who must be a parent of a child enrolled at a traditional public school who has access to the materials being reviewed. The district will also appoint two non-voting staff members.
Previously, the district selected 10 committee members at random from a list of about 200 volunteers. Documents received by Jacksonville Today through a public records request show district staff culled anyone who was not a parent from the list and then chose members in a randomized process that was witnessed by several people…