Posted on 12/08/2023 2:29:51 AM PST by Libloather
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona took a swipe Thursday at Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ parental rights law.
Cardona took a trip to Iowa to visit the Perry Community School District and the Des Moines Area Community College to learn about the college's teacher apprenticeship and pipeline program.
Before discussing the state of rural education in the Hawkeye State, Cardona had an interview with the Des Moines Register to talk about Reynolds' parental rights law.
"What I'm seeing here in Iowa, what I'm seeing in other places, is an overreach of state government," the Education Secretary told the Des Moines Register.
Cardona's comments came shortly after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa sued Reynolds over the parental rights bill she passed earlier this year.
In May, Reynolds signed the law to prevent teachers from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students from kindergarten through grade six, and removed all books depicting sex acts from school libraries, with religious texts exempt.
The law also requires school administrators to notify parents if students ask to change their pronouns or names.
In response, the ACLU and Lambda Legal are pushing back with a lawsuit, arguing that the law imposes "ongoing irreparable harm to LGBTQ+ students."
Cardona explained further to the Des Moines Register that he believes parents should be involved in education. However, although the two agree on parental involvement, he believes that Reynolds' efforts go too far.
"I agree with Gov. Reynolds that parents need to be a bigger part of how we educate our students," Cardona said.
"One of the things I said a couple years ago is as we recover from the pandemic, let's not go back to what it was before the pandemic," he said. "We need to improve education...
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Yo cardona..
Mind yer own business...
Only the Feds are allow to “overreach”.
States are sovereign, along with sheriffs, counties and Indian reserves. It’s way past time to exert that sovereignty over the fascist federal government.
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