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House, Senate agree to compromise language that allows the state school board to conduct a hearing on whether a school library book should be removed statewide.
If it passes, the bill would place ritual abuse into law for the first time in Utah history. It has now received a “favorable recommendation” from the House Judiciary Committee.
The Utah Legislature has approved a bill expanding on a 2022 law that allows parents to challenge “sensitive materials” in schools, making it easier to prohibit “criminally indecent or pornographic” books statewide if they’re banned in a handful of school districts or charter schools. The Utah House on Wednesday voted 52-18, mostly along party lines, to […]