Many provisions of the bill will not take effect immediately with Reynolds' signature. 'I've said it before and I'll ask it again: Where are my rights? Where are the rights of other parents who don't agree with you?' 'You want parents' rights, but only when it is in things you believe in,' said Rep. Democrats argued the ban on books is too broad and will remove pieces of classic literature, and they say the required parental notification of a pronoun change could threaten the safety of some transgender kids. Iowa Democrats have opposed the bill at every turn, through multiple rounds of debate in both chambers. And it is wrong to put pornography in front of children,' said Rep.

It is wrong to push political agendas in the classroom. 'It is wrong for schools to keep secrets from parents about their kids. The bill would codify that Iowa parents have the 'fundamental, constitutionally protected right' to make decisions regarding their child under 18. Republicans have framed the legislation as a matter of parental rights. It also requires school administrators to inform a student's parents if the student requests to use new pronouns at school. The bill prohibits any instruction relating to gender identity or sexual orientation in kindergarten through sixth grade. The bill would ban school books that include descriptions or visual depictions of sex acts - a response to Republican concerns about inappropriate books in schools. 'I will always fight for Iowa’s parents as they know what is best for their children.” This legislation defines parents’ rights in law, requires transparency, and sets boundaries to protect Iowa’s children from woke indoctrination,' Reynolds said in an emailed statement Thursday evening.

“Parents are the ultimate decisionmakers for their children. Four House Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition. The House passed it Thursday afternoon, 57-38. The Senate voted 34-16 on Wednesday evening to pass the bill. Ken Rozenboom, chair of the Senate Education Committee, said the final bill is 'a good-faith effort to reflect the will of both chambers.' The wide-ranging Senate File 496 had bounced between chambers as the House and Senate took turns rewriting the legislation. The Iowa Legislature has passed a sweeping education bill that limits instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation, removes school books depicting sex acts and explicitly states that parents have a 'constitutionally protected right' to make decisions for their children.

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