Part of the Iowa's Book Ban Battle series.

Twenty-one books. Two pieces of curriculum. One movie.

An exclusive Des Moines Register survey of Iowa's 325 public schools found two-dozen documented challenges for education materials since the passage of Senate File 496 , a sweeping law that requires removing books depicting sex acts from Iowa schools. Related: Iowa book challenges tumble, but parents still target 'anti-American' content in schools

Additionally, several complaints challenged materials that allegedly violated House File 802, a 2021 law prohibiting Iowa schools from teaching certain concepts that conservatives have deemed "woke," including:

“That one race or sex is inherently superior;”

“That the United States of America and the state of Iowa are fundamentally or syst

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