A former middle school administrator in the Elizabeth School District filed a lawsuit Sunday against the rural Colorado district, alleging that she was fired after she objected to the removal of 19 titles from school libraries last year.
The district is appealing the ruling, and appears ready to take the case to trial, but, in the meantime, it has been ordered to keep the books on the shelves.
Nine months after being removed, 18 banned books were returned to library shelves in Colorado’s Elizabeth school district, following a federal judge’s order.
An Elbert County school district confirmed to a federal judge that it has restored 19 restricted books to library shelves after she found the school board likely violated the First Amendment rights of students and authors by removing the titles for ideological reasons.
A U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a motion to end the legal proceedings in a lawsuit over book bans and removals in Colorado’s Elizabeth School District. The motion filed by the district just south of metro Denver this spring was another effort to keep 19 books — primarily by or about LGBTQ people, people of color, or both — out of school libraries.
The Denver-based federal appeals court declined to put a trial judge’s order on hold, instead clearing the path for Elizabeth School District to return 19 restricted books to its library shelves as directed earlier this month.
Flouting Colorado’s state statutes has become a too-frequent occurrence among our elected officials related to our so-called Sunshine Laws. The Colorado General Assembly has had its sunshine problems. It’s apparent now a school district has also broken the sunshine rules, probably more than once.
A Colorado court has sided with an Elbert County mother in her lawsuit against the Elizabeth School District, alleging the school board violated open-meetings law.
A federal judge refused to put her prior ruling on hold while an appeal plays out, and instead ordered Elizabeth School District to return 19 restricted books to library shelves.
The Elizabeth School District is refusing to comply with a federal judge’s order to return 19 banned books to school library shelves.
