Reynolds Offers Teachers a Bonus Before Announcing Plan to Defund Public Schools

Gov. Kim Reynolds is using books as the latest excuse to defund public schools.

Reynolds used Tuesday’s 2022 Condition of the State address to hitch her wagon to state Sen. Jake Chapman’s crusade against books he finds objectionable being placed in public schools.

Presiding over a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, Reynolds echoed talking points from the Republican Senate president who, a day prior, decried teachers as having a “sinister agenda.”

Reynolds compared the books to X-rated movies while not providing any context around them. She also argued that schools should be required to publish what they are teaching despite this information already being readily available on many school district websites.

“We live in a free country with free expression,” Reynolds said. “But there’s a difference between shouting vulgarities from a street corner and assigning them as required classroom reading. There’s a difference between late-night cable TV and the school library.”

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