BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - [UPDATE 11:07 a.m. 8/22/2025] The Beaufort County School Board has passed a motion to restrict all nine books listed below and give more direct authority to parents.

Now, in order to check out one of the nine books listed below, a student must get a permission slip signed by a parental guardian.

The motion passed with 9 votes for and 2 votes against.

[ORIGINAL STORY] 9 library books will be challenged on August 22, 2025, in a Beaufort County Board of Education Work Session meeting.

The public meeting will take place both in-person and virtually at 9:00 a.m. and public comments can be made either in-person or over the phone.

The 9 books being challenged at this meeting are:

Sold by Patricia McCormick

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

The Bl

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