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Linn‑Mar board hears public concern over Senate File 496, approves four IASB priorities with mental‑health amendment
Summary
After a parent urged the district to oppose Senate File 496 as a step toward book banning, the Linn‑Mar Comm School District Board voted to submit four legislative priorities to the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) — preschool, student achievement, mental health and school funding — and added a mental‑health bullet opposing policies with detrimental effects on marginalized populations.
A Linn‑Mar Comm School District Board of Directors meeting that included public comment on state books policy ended with the board approving four legislative priorities to forward to the Iowa Association of School Boards.
Jennifer Draper, who identified herself as "a parent in the Lynn Mar School District" and an alumna of Lynn Mar High School, asked the board to consider "including efforts to repeal Senate File 496 in your legislative priorities for the coming year," saying the law "requires the removal of titles from school district libraries and infringes on First Amendment rights" and calling it "one more step towards book banning." The board…
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