New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks

"Keith Flaugh is a retired IBM executive living in Naples, Fla., and a man with a mission. He describes it as 'getting the school boards to recognize ... the garbage that's in our textbooks.'"

"Flaugh helped found Florida Citizens' Alliance, a conservative group that fought unsuccessfully to stop Florida from signing on to Common Core educational standards."

"More recently, the group has turned its attention to the books being used in Florida's schools. A new state law, developed and pushed through by Flaugh's group, allows parents, and any residents, to challenge the use of textbooks and instructional materials they find objectionable via an independent hearing."

"Flaugh finds many objections with the books used by Florida students. Two years ago, members of the alliance did what he calls a 'deep dive' into 60 textbooks."