UP IN YOUR FULL STORM TEAM 8 FORECAST. THANK YOU. AND NEW AT FIVE, IOWA LAWMAKERS MOVED TO BILL FORWAR TODAY THAT WOULD RESTRICT LGBTQ TOPICS IN SCHOOLS. WHAT IS TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC AT THE STATE HOUSE. THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. vlog CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER SHOWS US THE LATEST EFFORT IN A SERIES OF BILLS TO RESTRICT TALK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS. AMANDA STACEY THIS NEW SENATE BILL THAT MOVED FORWARD TODAY IS MORE EXPANSIVE THAN LOTS OF THE OTHER PLANS THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR THIS SESSION. IT ALSO CREATES HARSHER PENALTIES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS BILL WOULD BAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM PROVIDING ANY PROGRAM TEST SURVEY ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENT OR INSTRUCTION OF ANY KIND RELATING TO GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. AND THAT CONTENT WOULD BE BANNED FOR ALL STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. AND IF A PARENT REPORTS ANY SCHOOL STAFF BREAKING THAT RULE, DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE 30 DAYS TO, QUOTE, REMEDY THE VIOLATION. AFTER 30 DAYS, PARENTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISTRICTS WOULD FACE FINES BETWEEN 10,000 AND $50,000. SOME PARENTS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THOSE CHANGES TODAY, ARGUING THEY’RE NEEDED TO PROTECT YOUNG KIDS. BUT OTHERS WORRY THIS BILL WILL HURT IOWA’S KIDS. SOME LGBTQ STUDENTS SHARED THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES. TRANSGENDER IS NOT A BAD WORD. I AM NOT A BAD PERSON. IF KIDS AT SCHOOL WOULD START BULLYING ME BECAUSE OF WHO I AM, I NEED HELP. I CAN MY TEACHERS HOLD ME OFF SO WE COULD STOP. AND IF THEY DID, PEOPLE CAN SUE THEM. THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL SAD AND TERRIBLE INSIDE. EDUCATORS ARE PRESENTING THESE ISSUES IN THE SCHOOL SETTING AS VERIFIED TRUTHS, ANSWERING THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS THAT TRUE AS TRUTH THAT CANNOT BE QUESTIONED IS NOT EDUCATION. IT’S INDOCTRINATION. YOUNG CHILDREN DO NO
Senate subcommittee moves plan forward to restrict LGBTQ concepts in schools
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Updated: 7:20 PM CST Feb 9, 2023
On Thursday, an Iowa Senate subcommittee moved a bill forward that would restrict LGBTQ topics in schools. The bill is more expansive than the other plans seen so far this session. It would also create harsher penalties for school districts.This bill would ban school districts from providing any "program, curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, announcement, promotion or instruction of any kind relating to gender identity or sexual orientation." That content would be banned for all Iowa students in kindergarten through eighth grade.If parents report any school staff breaking that rule, districts would have 30 days to "remedy the violation."If the violation is not "remedied" within that 30 day period, parents would be allowed to sue the school district, and districts would face civil penalties between $10,000 and $50,000.Some parents spoke in favor of the changes Thursday, arguing they're needed to protect young kids."Educators are presenting these issues in the school setting as verified truth. Answering theological questions as truth that cannot be questioned is not education, it's indoctrination. Young children do not have the capacity to understand or process these complex issues," Angie Winell, of Moms for Liberty, said.Others worry the bill will hurt Iowa's kids. Some LGBTQ students shared their own personal stories."Transgender is not a bad word. I am not a bad person," one 7-year-old transgender student told lawmakers Thursday. "If kids at school start bullying because of who I am and I need help, how could my teachers help me if it's illegal to talk about it? And if they did, people could sue them. That would make me feel sad and terrible inside."
DES MOINES, Iowa — On Thursday, an Iowa Senate subcommittee moved forward that would restrict LGBTQ topics in schools. The bill is more expansive than the other plans seen so far this session. It would also create harsher penalties for school districts.
This bill would ban school districts from providing any "program, curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, announcement, promotion or instruction of any kind relating to gender identity or sexual orientation." That content would be banned for all Iowa students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
If parents report any school staff breaking that rule, districts would have 30 days to "remedy the violation."
If the violation is not "remedied" within that 30 day period, parents would be allowed to sue the school district, and districts would face civil penalties between $10,000 and $50,000.
Some parents spoke in favor of the changes Thursday, arguing they're needed to protect young kids.
"Educators are presenting these issues in the school setting as verified truth. Answering theological questions as truth that cannot be questioned is not education, it's indoctrination. Young children do not have the capacity to understand or process these complex issues," Angie Winell, of Moms for Liberty, said.
Others worry the bill will hurt Iowa's kids. Some LGBTQ students shared their own personal stories.
"Transgender is not a bad word. I am not a bad person," one 7-year-old transgender student told lawmakers Thursday. "If kids at school start bullying because of who I am and I need help, how could my teachers help me if it's illegal to talk about it? And if they did, people could sue them. That would make me feel sad and terrible inside."
