“The recent pulling of the Bible from schools in Davis County, and the understandable outcry in response, shows that we need to go back to work together to fix the law and bring common sense solutions to managing book challenges in libraries.”
analyzed over 1,000 book challenges and found that they were filed by just 11 people.
There is a growing consensus that Utah’s “Sensitive Materials” law has created problems, not solutions. Back in November 2022, Alpine School Board President Mark Clementmeeting that Alpine already had a book reconsideration process that worked well. But since the passage of the law, Clement noted that Alpine had to deal with police showing up at the library because a parent complained that a librarian was distributing pornography to children.
The good news is we have a roadmap for collaboration. In 2022-2023, librarians worked in partnership with legislators on a number of issues, including the drafting of a reasonable and workable background check bill for public libraries. We encourage our state lawmakers to continue this collaborative approach and work with librarians and teachers to develop a well-crafted law that doesn’t lead to nonsensical challenges or contribute to a culture of mistrust.
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