The State Board adopts a review plan and addendum
August 4–September 2026 · Utah
On August 4, 2026, Mike G. emailed Green a draft survey. Its table lists "Content-rating rubrics or sites (identify, e.g., RatedBooks.org)." Districts would mark regular, occasional or no use; the draft cells are blank. It did not direct districts to use RatedBooks.org.
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The public meeting packet for August 6, 2026 includes the survey. The RatedBooks example appears on packet page 1244.
On August 6, 2026, the State Board adopted the review plan on second and final reading and set aside $60,000. It rejected an amendment to change "include" to "consider" for Green’s addendum, then voted to include it. Before the final vote, the Board allowed timeline changes and included a memo calling the survey a starting point for staff refinement.
The recording and the draft minutes give different final vote tallies.
Documented
Who and what is involved
- Institutions
- USBE committee/packet/Board workflow
- People and recorded roles
- Green; Mike G.; Leah V.; Debbie D.; Cybil P.; Brinton; Earl
- Organizations, bodies and vendors
- USBE; RatedBooks as survey example
- Laws, rules and procedures
- Board adoption/funding motions
- Products and information systems
- Native EML; original/revised Word; packet survey/addendum
Sources (39)
- D1582025 state report (opens in a new window)
- D159Read the June 2025 audit’s background on the law (printed pages 1–2). (opens in a new window)
- D160Read the June audit’s scope and findings (printed page 19). (opens in a new window)
- D094Read the audit (PDF, page 14) (opens in a new window)
- D161Leah V. (opens in a new window)
- D162Debbie D. (opens in a new window)
- D163guidance on rating systems (opens in a new window)
- D164school-library division (opens in a new window)
- D108Full meeting recording, starting at 2:47:08 (opens in a new window)
- D109USBE report identifying Davina’s staff role (cover) (opens in a new window)
- D165Green’s Aug 4, 2026 email (opens in a new window)
- D166Dec 5, 2025 Board minutes (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D168Earl to Green and Brinton (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D169Full meeting recording, starting at 2:18:29 (opens in a new window)
- D112May 18, 2026 committee summary of actions (PDF, pages 6–7) (opens in a new window)
- D170Redacted public copy: partly filled project-prioritization form (Word) (opens in a new window)
- D171Green to Leah V. (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D172Green to Debbie D. (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D173Debbie D. to Green (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D174Debbie D. follow-up (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D113Full meeting recording, starting at 45:01 (the motion is at 57:24) (opens in a new window)
- D175Emily to Mike G. (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D176Attached Jun 5, 2026 timeline (PDF, pages 1–3) (opens in a new window)
- D114Mike G. to Emily (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D115Redacted public copy: Attached survey draft (Word) (opens in a new window)
- D177Redacted public copy: Attached revised survey (Word) (opens in a new window)
- D178Board group 1 (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D179Board group 2 (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D180Board group 3 (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D181Redacted public copy: Attached survey (Word) (opens in a new window)
- D182Earl to Green (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D183Lear to Green (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D184Bollinger to Green (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D185Cindy Davis to Green, August 13 (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D186Cybil P. to Green (redacted .eml file) (opens in a new window)
- D187Redacted public copy: Attached revised addendum (PDF, pages 1–3; full attachments follow) (opens in a new window)
- D188Redacted public copy: Attached memo (PDF, page 1) (opens in a new window)
- D116Aug 6, 2026 packet pages 1232–1254 (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D117Draft minutes (pp. 4031–4032) (PDF pages 27–28) (opens in a new window)
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Open question
Who authored individual draft passages? What approved minutes settle final tally and adopted attachment?