> I find it intriguing that BS's Dracula was required reading in VA. The Virginia Department of Education doesn't and hasn't had a required reading list. Such

> I find it intriguing that BS's Dracula was required reading in VA. The Virginia Department of Education doesn't and hasn't had a required reading list. Such decisions are the purview of local school districts. A minority of local school districts in the state specify a required reading list, but mostly these decisions are made at the school or individual teacher level.