An Alabama high school class has pulled its summer reading list after local residents expressed concern about the list having a number of texts from conservative-leaning authors, Gulf Coast News Today reported Wednesday.

The summer reading list for an advanced placement government and economics class at Spanish Fort High School included texts by right-leaning authors like Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Michael Savage and others, according to the report.

Titles on the list included “Liberalism is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions,” “Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama’s Attacks on Our Borders, Economy and Security,” “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto” and “48 Liberal Lies About American History (That You Probably Learned in School.”

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The students were asked to choose and read one of the books on the list. Gulf Coast News Today noted that social media posts this week had questioned whether the school system had endorsed the reading list.

Baldwin County Board of Education President Shannon Cauley said the class's teacher, Gene Ponder, would be emailing his students and their parents to let them know there will be "no summer reading assignment" for his class.

Ponder previously ran as a Republican candidate for Alabama lieutenant governor in 2010.

“As a courtesy, the school principal called to let me know that the list had been removed and assignment canceled,” Cauley said in a Facebook post, according to Gulf Coast News Today.

“He’ll be sending an email to all senior students/parents to notify them that there will be no summer reading assignment for this AP government class.”

The superintendent of the county school system, Eddie Tyler, said the list was not approved by the school system and that the teacher had removed the list.

“Mr. Ponder’s reading list that is going around on social media has not been endorsed by the school system,” Tyler wrote in a statement Wednesday.

“The list has been removed by the teacher. Baldwin County Public Schools has a process to vet and approve reading lists so that a variety of sources are used. I expect all employees to follow our processes, procedures and policies.”

Ponder did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment.