Utah school board reverses Bible ban and calls out lawmakers who attacked the district

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The Utah school district that drew national headlines for banning the Bible has now reversed that decision.

With a unanimous vote late Tuesday afternoon, members of Davis School District’s Board of Education moved to return the religious text to library shelves for students of all ages.

The highly anticipated reversal comes about one month after a review committee of staff and parents appointed by the district initially determined that the Bible contained “vulgarity or violence” and should have access limited to just high schools.

Read more from The Salt Lake Tribune.

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