(Des Moines, IA) — Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says she wants “transparency for parents” when it comes to the books used to teach their children. Some parents have been pressuring state schools to ban some books they find inappropriate. The governor’s proposal would require schools to list online all of the titles of their textbooks and all of the books available for checkout in their libraries. Reynolds says this is a “free country with free expression,” but there is a difference when it comes to assigning some books a required classroom reading.
