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Linn-Mar Community School District says it will tighten communication with parents after student-produced morning announcements at Linn-Mar High School recognized “Bisexual Plus Awareness Week,” prompting a request by Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson for a federal investigation .

In a letter addressed to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon last week, Hinson said she was “appalled” her 14-year-old son and other Linn-Mar students were exposed to content she described as “indoctrination” without parental consent.

Hinson, a Marion Republican who represents Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, told reporters Monday “families — not school administrators — should be deciding how and when to address t

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