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An appellate court has cleared the way for enforcement of a 2023 Iowa law that bans certain books from school libraries due to content dealing with sex or gender identity.
Max McCoy
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Kansas Reflector
A federal appeals court decision on Monday cleared the way for enforcement of a state law that bans Iowa’s public schools from offering certain books and forms of instruction related to gender and sexual orientation.

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