A Utah book-ban advocate was given access to a school library system with private student data. The district says there was ‘no breach.’

The advocate was one of three parents tapped to help enter “titles, authors, ISBN numbers, and the like into our system for a large number of newly purchased books,” the district said.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Reading Elementary School in Centerville on Friday, May 22, 2026.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Reading Elementary School in Centerville on Friday, May 22, 2026.

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