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Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
HSB 222
A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, modifying provisions related to student health screenings and the curriculum in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, competent private instruction, and special education, making appropriations, and providing civil penalties.
Subcommittee members: Wheeler-CH, Cahill, Johnson
Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: RM 304
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

03-01-2023
Patty SeregAlexander []
Please support this bill. Please amend the to prohibit gender identity instruction up to grade 8. Please also amend the library materials and curriculum to prohibit books with sexually graphic images or passages.
03-02-2023
R. Bruce Beeston [Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition]
Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition is undecided, but leaning for this bill.
03-02-2023
Mandy Gilbert []
Please support this bill. Would like to see amendments to increase to 8th grade relating to gender identity or sexual activity instruction. Also strike language of literary value from obscene material in 728.1 and add sex acts definition used in 702.17 to clearly define explicit sex language.