Davis delays appeals and orders further review
January–March 2025 · Utah: Davis
On January 21, 2025, Michelle Barber moved the Sensitive Materials Appeal Committee Recommendation from consent item 8 to a separate business item. All seven members present then voted to delay it until February’s business meeting.
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The January 21 exhibit lists five titles: Breathless, How Beautiful the Ordinary, Lighter Than My Shadow, Lucky and The Almost Moon. Each was removed by the initial review and recommended for removal.
The February 4, 2025 exhibit lists six titles recommended for removal: Breathless, How Beautiful the Ordinary, Lighter Than My Shadow, Lucky, Storm and Fury and The Almost Moon. For each, it says the appeal committee determined the book contains objective sensitive material as defined in Utah law, so Utah law requires its removal.
The same exhibit says Drama passed only the objective review. It recommends considering an appeal after a Subjective Review Committee reviews it. The exhibit says Utah law requires that second review when a book passes the objective test.
The March 18, 2025 exhibit recommends keeping Drama after both reviews. The appeal committee found it did not contain sensitive material under Utah law. It recommends subjective review for Twisted and The Hate U Give, both initially removed by the objective committee. On appeal, the committee found neither met the objective test. Further review would decide whether they met the subjective test.
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Who and what is involved
- Institutions
- Appeal committees; district board
- People and recorded roles
- Michelle Barber; Gerrard; Powell; Hogan; Price; Mercer; Stevens
- Organizations, bodies and vendors
- Davis School District
- Laws, rules and procedures
- Dated local objective/subjective review policy; HB29 regime
- Products and information systems
- Drama; Twisted; The Hate U Give; five tabled titles
Sources (35)
- D121Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:33:57 (opens in a new window)
- D122Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D123Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:22:42 (opens in a new window)
- D124Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D118Watch on YouTube, starting near 19:44 (opens in a new window)
- D101District appeal exhibit, page 1 (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D119Watch on YouTube, starting near 20:26 (opens in a new window)
- D125Watch on YouTube, starting near 40:26 (opens in a new window)
- D126Watch on YouTube, starting near 28:27 (opens in a new window)
- D127Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D128Watch on YouTube, starting near 52:19 (opens in a new window)
- D129Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D130Watch on YouTube, starting near 57:05 (opens in a new window)
- D131Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D132Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:07:38 (opens in a new window)
- D133Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D134Read the meeting minutes (opens in a new window)
- D135Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:14:26 (opens in a new window)
- D136Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D137Watch on YouTube, starting near 2:20:04 (opens in a new window)
- D138Watch on YouTube, starting near 59:09 (opens in a new window)
- D139Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D140Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:28:57 (opens in a new window)
- D141Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D142Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:40:22 (opens in a new window)
- D143Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:41:41 (opens in a new window)
- D144Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:05:27 (opens in a new window)
- D145Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D146Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:48:53 (opens in a new window)
- D147Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D148Watch on YouTube, starting near 1:34:40 (opens in a new window)
- D149Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D150Watch on YouTube, starting near 36:38 (opens in a new window)
- D151Appeal recommendation exhibit (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D152Watch on YouTube, starting near 37:52 (opens in a new window)
Earlier research pages
Open question
What later records completed the subjective reviews and any reporting?