Several Iowa school districts have removed books on the Holocaust and World War II in their efforts to comply with a sweeping education law that bans books depicting sex acts from public schools and requires library materials to be "age-appropriate," a Des Moines Register analysis found. The 2023 law, Senate File 496, also limits instruction on LGBTQ+ issues through sixth grade. The finding comes as Gov. KimReynoldsIA signed into law last month new requirements for the state's social studies curriculum, including lessons on the government's structure, civics and "exemplary figures and important events in Western civilization, the United States and the state of Iowa." Also known as House File 2545, the law specifies teaching "the crimes against humanity that have occurred under communist regimes since 1917," in addition to World War II and the Holocaust. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #Iowa #IApolitics #IAlegis #IAed #BookBan