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New state law requires every Utah school district and charter school to create written policies governing how school library collections are built, maintained, and challenged. Each school district (or LEA — local education agency) must publicly post its library collection policy online, maintain a comprehensive list of library materials, and review that policy at least every five years. The policy must establish that books and other materials cannot be removed solely because of the author's background or because of political, ideological, or religious objections, and it must require that selections consider age-appropriateness alongside educational criteria. Separately, parents, teacher-librarians, and teachers may formally request that a specific library item be reviewed for possible removal or relocation, but must certify they have reviewed the entire work first; the same material cannot be challenged more than once every four years, and materials stay on shelves while a challenge is pending. The bill also prohibits schools from retaliating against library staff who decline to pull materials before the formal review process is complete, and prohibits schools from tracking individual students' use of digital library resources.