Utah lawmaker: Removing Bible from Davis District’s elementary, junior high libraries ‘embarrassing for the state’

Utah lawmaker: Removing Bible from Davis District’s elementary, junior high libraries ‘embarrassing for the state’

A committee of state lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to seek legislation to make elected school boards more accountable for decisions regarding book challenges.

Given the recent controversies over religious texts in the Davis School District’s school libraries — challenges to the Bible and more recently, the Book of Mormon — the Utah Legislature’s Administrative Rules and General Oversight Committee agreed to seek legislation to further refine state law on “sensitive materials” in schools.

 

Utah lawmaker: Removing Bible from Davis District’s elementary, junior high libraries ‘embarrassing for the state’

Utah lawmaker: Removing Bible from Davis District’s elementary, junior high libraries ‘embarrassing for the state’

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