GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who refused to stop objecting to a book about bullying read by his daughter’s high school English class was charged with disorderly conduct.

“Nineteen Minutes,” by New Hampshire author Jodi Picoult, has been part of the curriculum since 2007, Gilford High School officials told WMUR-TV. The book also deals with a school shooting.

William Baer complained that parents should have been notified the book was being read because it contains a sexually explicit passage.

At a school board meeting Monday night, Baer was given two minutes to speak, the same amount of time as others. He protested the limit and challenged the board to arrest him. A police officer led him away.

“I’ve never read anything like this,” Baer said at the meeting. “It’s like the transcript for a triple-X-rated movie.”

Baer said the board violated his First Amendment guarantee of free speech but the board maintains it imposed the two-minute rule to give everyone a chance to speak. He was escorted out after he began arguing with a parent who did not object to the book being read in class.

“It was basically, you make a statement, say what you want and sit down,” Baer told the station after the meeting. “Sit down and shut up, basically, and that’s not how you interact with adults.”

Following the meeting, the school board issued a statement saying, “The board apologizes for the discomfort of those impacted and for the failure of the school district to send home prior notice of assignment of the novel.”

Baer told the television station he will fight his arrest. If convicted, he could be fined up to $1,200.

A phone listing for Baer couldn’t be found Tuesday night.