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The US has had a recent spat of legislative movement in some states that's been nicknamed "Don't Say Gay" bills. Effectively they outlaw discussion or inclusion of topics deemed inappropriate for children in educational settings. What this translates to is basically 'if you teach children that anyone other than heterosexual people exist you can be fined, fired, and potentially sued by the parents of your students.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Parental_Rights_in_Education_Act?wprov=sfti1
Got that one, up to date on the book bannings, but it seemed that it was being suggested that by complying with that law Scholastic would be violating a federal law, this is an interesting argument, especially if is has some application to interstate commerce, or even if it would be a violation of individual state law to have an agreement predetermined with the district, before the company brought "controversial" books into the district.
Let it be known that I find book banning and "don't say gay" bills abhorrent, as I do with terminology that includes CRT including the history of slavery in the USA. I am trying only to get a better grasp of the mainstream arguments around this subject. I tend to see things in black and white (no pun intended, seriously) because I am autistic and I really do want a better understanding of this one.
I don't think I'm seeing what you're interpreting as them being worried about breaking federal laws. They're worried about breaking state laws when they're invited into schools in states with these don't say gay bills. So scholastic has moved anything that could get them in trouble now goes in this separate collection that schools have to specifically ask them to bring and isn't included with the normal offerings. Nor am I seeing how doing so would violate any kind of federal law.
"feds are going to be forced to act" for a federal agency to act that would require the enforcement of federal law, short of that it is all down to state action. Or am I misinterpreting intent, happens a lot to me?