The Davis School District is facing a challenge asking that the Bible be pulled from the shelves of the district's schools.
, sponsored by Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, defines "sensitive material" as instructional materials that are pornographic or indecent, colloquially referred to as the "bright line" rule in state code.
The school district also has a parent committee that conducts book reviews aside from the librarians' reviews, he said.Williams said Davis District has formed 15 separate book review committees to handle the increasing numbers of challenges. Those serving on the committees do so in their spare time, meeting, reviewing challenges and then reading books or passages that are at issue. It is a significant commitment that isn't confined to the Davis District.
"There are a lot of materials that have been taken out and they are de-sexualizing schools and classrooms. They're taking it seriously and I applaud them. That's great to see," he said. In Granite School District, among 44 titles currently under review, the bulk of the requests came from a single individual, Horsley said.
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