Monday, January 16, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: Iowa GOP fights crime and inflation with racist and homophobic legislative agenda

 
Top headline:  NBC, 10/16/2022
Bottom headline:  Des Moines Register, 1/15/2023

From the Register:
Iowa Republicans have launched the 2023 legislative session with ambitious and far-reaching bills aimed at overhauling the state’s educational system, with a focus on giving parents more control over what and how their children are taught at school. 
Early attention has focused on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ plan to allow all Iowa students to access taxpayer-funded scholarships to pay for private schools — a proposal that will have an estimated $341 million price tag when fully phased in, her office says. 
Republican lawmakers have released a flurry of bills of their own, including several that revolve around LGBTQ students or controversial curricula such as critical race theory[emphasis added]

Original 1/13/2023 post, "Iowa Republicans fight crime and inflation by introducing "Don't Say Gay" bill", starts here.

Photo credit:  Iowa Legislature (work mask added)
Top headline:  NBC, 10/16/2022
Bottom headline:  Axios Des Moines, 1/13/2023 

From Axios Des Moines:
Republican Rep. Skyler Wheeler, who chairs the House Education Committee, told Iowa Capital Dispatch that House File 9 will help parents stay informed.

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