The lawsuit was filed by Escambia County parents, the PEN America nonprofit, and Penguin Random House.

[6] The suit alleges that the School District's logic could be used to ban books on Christianity, America's Founding Fathers, and American war heroes.

However, researchers determined that less than 3% of the books banned across the United States in 2022 were mature (17+) rated.

[8] In addition, Vicki Baggett, a Northview High School language-arts teacher, asked for over 100 books to be challenged due to their "political pushes.

"[9] Books that have been banned include Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, and Sapphire's Push.

If a candidate gets a majority of the vote in the primary, he or she wins, and the race is not on the general election ballot in November.

In 2023 the school board rejected a proposal to make the superintendent an elected position again.

The Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) began phasing out the FCAT in the 2010–11 academic year in response to the inauguration of the Common Core State Standards Initiative under the administration of US President Barack Obama in 2010.