Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Cobb Schools

The Cobb County School District is the target of an official complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, stating that the district has practiced “discriminatory censorship” in its book-banning practices.

The National Women’s Law Center filed the complaint Monday, stating that Cobb, alongside a Florida public school district, has targeted reading materials that pertain to and are written by racial and LGBTQ+ minorities.

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