Textbook publishers left in the dark after Florida rejects long list of books

Florida rejected almost 41% of the textbooks submitted for the upcoming school year. Now, teachers are left scrambling and publishers are being left in the dark.

Textbook publishers say they have been left in the dark about why their mathematics books were rejected by the Florida Department of Education, with the state claiming the textbooks sought to "indoctrinate" students.

ABC News contacted the eight publishers who were rejected on the basis of "special subjects" -- including critical race theory, a discipline often practiced in higher education that analyzes the role of racism in U.S. legal systems.

Other "special subjects" included Common Core education standards, as well as Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques. SEL is a practice that infuses social and emotional development skills with various school subjects.

Several companies say they've not yet heard from the state about the reasoning behind the rejections or how they implemented said "special subjects" in their textbooks.