on the Davis school district website shows the district received a request to review the King James Bible on December 11 and completed the review on May 22. They made the decision to keep the book available in the high school library because they determined the book "does not contain sensitive material" as defined under Utah law. The Book of Mormon does not yet appear under the sensitive materials list on the school's website.
CNN has requested a copy of the requests for removal for both the Bible and the Book of Mormon from the school district.The Davis School District's requests to review the King James Bible and the Book of Mormon come as a number of states have implemented new laws driving book bans, according to advocates and library officials.
A Florida school district has faced lawsuits over its removal of books focused on race and LGBTQ+ issues. And in May, Iowa signed its own bill into law which bans books with sexual content from school libraries and stipulates the libraries can only carry "age-appropriate" books.
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