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2023-06-02 21:56:49 UTC
https://www.newsnationnow.com/lgbtq/iowa-governor-bans-lgbtq-school-
discussions/
Updated: MAY 27, 2023 / 04:33 PM CDT
FILE Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.,
on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
(The Hill) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed a bill into law
on Friday that restricts lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation
in schools from kindergarten through sixth grade.
Reynolds announced her signature on the bill and a few others relating to
education in a release, calling education the great equalizer and saying
that everyone involved in education parents, teachers and students
should have an environment to thrive.
This legislative session, we secured transformational education reform
that puts parents in the drivers seat, eliminates burdensome regulations
on public schools, provides flexibility to raise teacher salaries, and
empowers teachers to prepare our kids for their future, she said.
The law bans teachers from raising issues of sexual orientation and gender
identity in class through grade six and orders the removal of all books
depicting sexual acts from school libraries. But religious texts are
exempt from the book ban.
The law is similar to others that have passed in several Republican-led
states to restrict discussions of these topics in classrooms, perhaps most
notably Floridas Parental Rights in Education Act, which opponents have
slammed as the Dont Say Gay bill.
All Democrats in the state legislature had opposed the bill, but
Republicans hold comfortable majorities in both the state House and Senate
and passed it last month.
The law also requires school administrators to notify parents if a student
requests to have their pronouns or names used in school changed. Schools
will also be required to post a list of books in their libraries online
and instructions for parents on how to review them and classroom materials
and request that certain material be removed.
Parents will also need to give their approval before schools can
administer surveys to students on various topics like mental health, sex
and political affiliation, under the new law.
Republicans have argued that the law is common sense to keep parents
involved in education and not have teachers discuss sexuality in class.
But Democrats and LGBTQ groups said the law will prevent students from
being able to be open with teachers about their own sexual orientation and
gender identity and see their own experiences reflected in materials.
Reynolds previously signed two bills into law in March to ban gender-
affirming care for minors and prevent transgender students from using the
bathroom or locker room in schools that matches their gender identity.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Updated: MAY 27, 2023 / 04:33 PM CDT
FILE Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.,
on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
(The Hill) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed a bill into law
on Friday that restricts lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation
in schools from kindergarten through sixth grade.
Reynolds announced her signature on the bill and a few others relating to
education in a release, calling education the great equalizer and saying
that everyone involved in education parents, teachers and students
should have an environment to thrive.
This legislative session, we secured transformational education reform
that puts parents in the drivers seat, eliminates burdensome regulations
on public schools, provides flexibility to raise teacher salaries, and
empowers teachers to prepare our kids for their future, she said.
The law bans teachers from raising issues of sexual orientation and gender
identity in class through grade six and orders the removal of all books
depicting sexual acts from school libraries. But religious texts are
exempt from the book ban.
The law is similar to others that have passed in several Republican-led
states to restrict discussions of these topics in classrooms, perhaps most
notably Floridas Parental Rights in Education Act, which opponents have
slammed as the Dont Say Gay bill.
All Democrats in the state legislature had opposed the bill, but
Republicans hold comfortable majorities in both the state House and Senate
and passed it last month.
The law also requires school administrators to notify parents if a student
requests to have their pronouns or names used in school changed. Schools
will also be required to post a list of books in their libraries online
and instructions for parents on how to review them and classroom materials
and request that certain material be removed.
Parents will also need to give their approval before schools can
administer surveys to students on various topics like mental health, sex
and political affiliation, under the new law.
Republicans have argued that the law is common sense to keep parents
involved in education and not have teachers discuss sexuality in class.
But Democrats and LGBTQ groups said the law will prevent students from
being able to be open with teachers about their own sexual orientation and
gender identity and see their own experiences reflected in materials.
Reynolds previously signed two bills into law in March to ban gender-
affirming care for minors and prevent transgender students from using the
bathroom or locker room in schools that matches their gender identity.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.