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This Aug. 24, 2015 photo shows Broward School Board Superintendent Robert Runcie inside a bus in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The Florida Legislature recently changed state law to allow any resident to challenge their school district's textbooks and curricula and get a hearing before an outside mediator. Runcie, who is also the president of the state superintendents association, said the changes are &quot;cumbersome.&quot; Districts have always encouraged parents and residents to voice concerns about materials and curricula, he said, and the mediator is an unnecessary step. (Joe Cavatetta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

New Florida law expected to increase textbook challenges

By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2010 file photo, author Walter Dean Myers tours his old Harlem neighborhood in New York. For many kids around the country, Walter Dean Myers is a must-read whose books have sold millions of copies and have a special appeal for the toughest of people to reach, boys. He is able, like few writers, to relate to his readers as they live today. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Walter Dean Myers, 73, a hero to young readers

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press