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General Counsel Doug Larson outlines sensitive-materials (book deselection) review under HB 29
Summary
General Counsel Doug Larson told the board the district will form a parent review committee under updated state law (HB 29, 2024), asking each trustee to nominate parents within 2–3 weeks and naming paralegal Joe Cramer to lead the committee.
Doug Larson, the district's general counsel, told the Board of Education the district will update its sensitive-materials (book deselection) review process to reflect changes from HB 374 (2022) to HB 29 (2024).
"The review committee follows the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Sensitive Materials Flow Chart," Larson said, and he told trustees that "each board member will recommend parents from their area to serve on the committee, within a timeline of 2-3 weeks, so that training and committee reviews can begin in November." The board was told Joe Cramer, a district paralegal, will lead the review committee.
The presentation signaled an administrative timeline rather than a final policy decision: the board is directing members to identify parent representatives and expects training and committee reviews to begin in November. The update ties the district process to the USBE flow chart and steps required by recent state legislation.
Next steps recorded in the session are nomination of parent representatives by trustees over the next two to three weeks and establishing committee training and review sessions in November. The board did not adopt a final committee roster or a written committee charge during the study session.
