After months of deliberation on how to determine what book titles are or aren't appropriate for school libraries, the Utah State Board of Education on Tuesday voted to approve a policy.
pushed more districts to remove titles that they said contained "pornographic or indecent material," and lobbied in support of HB374, a bill that bans "sensitive materials"
and requires school districts to evaluate objectionable content in libraries or classrooms and report it to the Utah State Board of Education and, ultimately, the Utah Legislature
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