Trump Education Dept. Axes ‘Biden’s Book Ban Hoax,’ ‘Book Ban Coordinator’ Position
“By dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so-called ‘book ban coordinator,’ the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education.”

As expected, Donald Trump wasted no time in getting down to business after his inauguration as America’s 47th president concluded Monday, signing a slew of executive orders and issuing pardons for, among others, the January 6 prisoners and pro-life activists who had been imprisoned during the Biden administration.
On Friday, Trump made the first trips of his second term, visiting Helene-ravaged areas of western North Carolina and then heading to Los Angeles, where he took a helicopter tour to survey areas destroyed by the still-raging California wildfires.
While Trump was away handling pressing business, his Department of Education was also making big changes, officially ending what they called former President Joe “Biden’s book ban hoax” and eliminating the “book ban coordinator” position that came along with it:
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.” The complaints alleged that local school districts’ removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene materials from their school libraries created a hostile environment for students – a meritless claim premised upon a dubious legal theory. Effective Jan. 24, 2025, OCR has rescinded all department guidance issued under the theory that a school district’s removal of age-inappropriate books from its libraries may violate civil rights laws. OCR is also dismissing six additional pending allegations of book banning and will no longer employ a “book ban coordinator” to investigate local school districts and parents working to protect students from obscene content.
“By dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so-called ‘book ban coordinator,’ the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that local control over public education best allows parents and teachers alike to assess the educational needs of their children and communities. Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility. These decisions will no longer be second-guessed by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.”
On Jan. 20, 2025, incoming OCR leadership initiated a review of alleged “book banning” cases pending at the department. Attorneys quickly confirmed that books are not being “banned,” but that school districts, in consultation with parents and community stakeholders, have established commonsense processes by which to evaluate and remove age-inappropriate materials. Because this is a question of parental and community judgment, not civil rights, OCR has no role in these matters.
Trump's Department of Education just dismissed the Biden admin's 11 complaints of so-called book banning against school districts that wanted to get porn and obscene material OUT of children's libraries.
Parental rights are going to be great again. pic.twitter.com/PbbBhanyT4
— Caroline Downey (@carolinedowney_) January 24, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a frequent target of false allegations from state and national Democrats regarding “book bans” that aren’t really book bans, responded accordingly:
R.I.P. to the Book Ban Hoax
The conflation of parents objecting to age-inappropriate, often sexually charged material being in their kids’ schools (even in elementary grades) with “banning” books was always a ridiculous narrative that the left, legacy media and the Biden administration manufactured and advanced.
Glad to see the Trump USDOE (before it gets shut down) put the kibosh on this nonsense.
R.I.P. to the Book Ban Hoax
The conflation of parents objecting to age-inappropriate, often sexually charged material being in their kids’ schools (even in elementary grades) with “banning” books was always a ridiculous narrative that the left, legacy media and the Biden… https://t.co/xnQpmd1srF
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 24, 2025
As did Moms for Liberty, which has also been wrongly accused of favoring “book bans” for their efforts to remove sexually explicit books from public school libraries:
Today the U.S. DOE announced the end to the Biden Book Ban Hoax! For the last 4 years parents that wanted to protect kids in schools from porn were called “book banners.” That ENDS TODAY! https://t.co/eeHvP1tgJi
— Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) January 24, 2025
Leftist organization PEN America, however, tried to keep hope alive:
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on Friday dismissed 11 complaints and six allegations related to book bans, saying it was ending "Biden’s book ban hoax."
PEN America counted more than 10,000 instances of school book bans in the 2023-2024 school year… pic.twitter.com/MOiWcA0WHo
— PEN America (@PENamerica) January 25, 2025
Aww. Bless their hearts.
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Hopefully, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will soon be the FORMER U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
Hopefully, the U.S. Department of Education will soon be the FORMER U.S. Department of Education.
Once again the Left is lying. Removing tomes from SCHOOL LIBRARIES is not the same as banning them! They’re certainly good at twisting the meaning of common words though, it’s practically a form of gaslighting.
The faster we get these lunatic liberals out of public education the better.
Seen it for decades now. Any issue comes up, the sheep of the Democrat party and their criminally insane co-conspirators in the MSM put the absolute stupidest interpretation on it and they run with that. Zombies…
I bet you can’t find a copy of “Huck Finn” in any of the complaining libraries.
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I’ve always wondered why the progressives especially the homosexual and transsexual population were so intent on forcing what is essentially pornography into grade/high schools. Actually, no I didn’t anymore than why they are fighting so hard to have cross dressers read to kids in public libraries.
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