After the conservative group known as Florida Citizens Alliance offered a list of books they wanted banned from Collier County school libraries for LGBTQ+ content, warning labels were added to those books advising parents. The labels read, "This Advisory Notice shall serve to inform you that this book has been identified by some community members as unsuitable for students. This book will also be identified in the Destiny system with the same notation. The decision as to whether this book is suitable or unsuitable shall be the decision of the parent(s) who has the right to oversee his/her child's education consistent with state law." The labels were added as a compromise that allows the schools to still carry the books, while also preventing the school from being able to be sued under the newly implemented "Don't Say Gay" law. Collier County Public Schools spokesperson Chad Oliver said in an email to NBC News, "Based upon advice from the General Counsel, we placed advisory notices on books about which parents and community members had expressed concern and in accordance with the recently passed Parents' Bill of Rights Law
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