Overview

• Auditors said most of 22 reviewed high‑school titles would likely qualify as objective sensitive materials under Utah law if formally challenged.
• In the sample, 95% of books contained sexual content and 73% included nudity as defined by Utah Code.
• Reviewers also tallied more than 800 uses of major profanities and 112 instances of domestic or war‑related violence, which the report noted outside statutory criteria.
• The titles were drawn from a 186‑book list supplied by a legislator and sourced to ratedbooks.org, then narrowed to 22 based on presence in secondary school catalogs across seven districts.
• The audit labels the challenge‑driven removal process reactive and recommends district‑level selection policies and stronger support for librarians ahead of the January legislative session.