Meeting Public Comments

Gloria Zmolek

I remember a time when Republicans stood for hands off. Conservative meant less government interference with citizens lives. Now Republicans have become a party where they totally want to control peoples lives by defining what is right or wrong based on their beliefs. The mentality is that this is what I believe and therefore everyone has to believe it too. Please vote no on this ill defined bill.

David Anderson

Oppose SF 2174. This bill is nonsense addressing a problem that doesn't exist, and will make it more difficult for our educational institutions to prepare our workforce for the 21st Century. The 15th Century, on the other hand....

Sandra Norfolk

Which public school teachers have been consulted about this bill? I am so tired of Republicans trying to make Iowa students less educated by placing restrictions on what they are taught. Its like Republicans are afraid that students will develop critical thinking skills from their public educations and grow up to vote against every Republican candidate they come across. I was a school librarian for 25 years and worked with amazing groups of educators during that time whose only concern was providing ALL their students with the best education possible. Please start listening to educators if you dont want Iowas brain drain to continue.

Grace Rogers

AGAINST. Please vote NO on SF 2174. It further exacerbates the cruelty and division IA legislators have visited upon their constituents, most of whom cant even define DEI and are brainwashed into believing its hurtful for them. Most cant even understand how they themselves are partisans of groups under the DEI umbrella. If the bill opens up even more avenues of penalties and suits, our courts will be full of frivolous suits that will cause pain to all involved and will do nothing to make life better for Iowans. Please vote NO.

Joe Monahan

Im here to strongly support Senate File 2174.This bill is a muchneeded fix to how our current law is written andmore importantlyhow its actually enforced.We need this reform urgently to bring real accountability, transparency, and proper enforcement to HF 802the divisive concepts law passed back in June 2021.Let me explain why from my own experience.I personally filed several welldocumented complaints under HF 802. These concerned the Ames Community School Districts equity director, who continued requiring mandatory staff trainings and providing studentfacing content based on 'oppressor versus oppressed' ideologyeven after the law clearly prohibited it.Despite clear evidence, every one of those complaints was dismissed.There was no real transparency. No meaningful review. The Board of Educational Examiners kept saying I couldnt prove my child was 'directly harmed.'The whole process felt opaque and frustrating: complaints sat for months without response, evidence