Comment on Iowa bill banning race and sex ‘scapegoating’ expands from schools, universities to all government agencies

Iowa bill banning race and sex ‘scapegoating’ expands from schools, universities to all government agencies

Despite concerns from some lawmakers and lobbyists, a bill to ban certain types of diversity training not just in public schools and universities — as first proposed — but also in “government agencies and entities” advanced Tuesday in the Senate.House File 802 would ban diversity training involving race or sex “stereotyping” and “scapegoating” by state and local governments — not only institutions of higher education and school districts — and also would bar K-12 “curriculum” — not just training — involving certain “divisive concepts” including whether America or Iowa is fundamentally or systemically racist.

 

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