Iowa Governor Signs Controversial Education Bills into Law.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that restricts lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools from kindergarten through sixth grade. The law bans teachers from raising issues of sexual orientation and gender identity in class through grade six and orders the removal of all books depicting sexual acts from school libraries. The law also requires school administrators to notify parents if a student requests to have their pronouns or names used in school changed. Democrats and LGBTQ groups said the law will prevent students from being able to be open with teachers about their own sexual orientation and gender identity and see their own experiences reflected in materials.