Overview
- Wicked, Nineteen Minutes, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower were added to Utah’s prohibited list for public schools, bringing the total to 22 titles.
- Under House Bill 29, statewide bans are triggered when removals meet thresholds across districts or charter schools, and the law applies retroactively from July 1, 2024.
- The latest additions followed removals in the Davis, Tooele, and Washington school districts, which have driven a large share of statewide prohibitions.
- Utah now leads the nation in state-sanctioned banned school titles, surpassing South Carolina’s 21, according to Book Riot’s tally.
- The prohibitions apply to public and charter schools, with removals reported to the State Board of Education and affected titles expected to be discarded.