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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Hannah Fingerhut

Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs

Gender Identity-Iowa - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Iowa can continue to restrict instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up through the sixth grade, a federal judge said, but has to allow nonmandatory programs related to the topics.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher offered a split decision late Thursday, siding in part with a LGBTQ advocacy organization, teachers and students who sued the state.

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