Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

SamuelTheThird

(1,164 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:11 PM Feb 5

Bill would bar students from using school IDs to check out public library books

Fucking morons

https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/02/05/bill-would-bar-students-from-using-school-ids-to-check-out-public-library-books/

Some agreements between public schools and local libraries would be blocked under a bill approved by Education Committee in the Iowa House.

Library bookmobiles would be barred from school property and the bill prohibits schools from letting students use school IDs to access books and other materials from public libraries. During a subcommittee hearing, Katherine Bogaards with a group called “Protect My Innocence” said the bill is needed to stop Iowa schools from going around a state law that bans school libraries from having books with sexually explicit content.

“It closes the loopholes and ensures schools remain accountable to parents, accountable to the taxpayer, transparent to the public, and compliant with the law,” she said.

Republican Representative Brooke Boden of Indianola said the bill reinforces the 2023 law she and other legislators passed after learning kids and teens were able to check out books with graphic sexual content from some school libraries. “Reading is so important, but we also don’t want our kids reading literature that they’re going to need counseling for for the rest of their lives either,” Boden said during last night’s House Education Committee meeting.

21 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Bread and Circuses

(2,067 posts)
2. We absolutely should think of stupid rules to,,,.........
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:14 PM
Feb 5

BAR school kids from checking out library books .

Idiots

Norrrm

(5,069 posts)
7. "Protect My Innocence"
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:12 PM
Feb 5

Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, distraction and Enablers

https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/CajsaLilliehook
-----------------------------

These groups want to control the morals of other peoples' children,
and use the power of big gov't to force their religious practices on the children rather than allow the parents to raise their own children according to their own religious beliefs.

0rganism

(25,648 posts)
8. Wow. Try being happy that kids are still reading books at all.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:26 PM
Feb 5

Holy shit. I just can't fathom this level of malicious idiocy.

jmowreader

(53,202 posts)
10. What I'm seeing here...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:39 PM
Feb 5

...is that they're planning to ban the Bible from school libraries as there are very few books with as much concentrated smut as that one.

mysteryowl

(9,315 posts)
13. This must be religious right crap.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:29 AM
Feb 6

I guess they would not want this newly published book:

"To Catch A Fascist - The fight to expose the radical right"



I can't wait to read it! This guy went undercover with radical right organizations. He collected all their info and names and has been revealing them. His actions and others, are flushing out these Nazis.
He is antifa activist. Brave man!

Christopher Mathias

FakeNoose

(41,676 posts)
14. What's to stop school-age kids from getting their own library cards?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:34 AM
Feb 6

I had a library card from the time I was old enough to ride my bike to the library, probably 9 or 10 years old.

Initech

(108,787 posts)
15. Protect my innocence? Oh go fuck yourself and eat shit.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:41 AM
Feb 6

I've learned more about this disgusting piece of shit president's sex life in 5 years than I ever have about anyone else in my entire life. I'm sure that the kids today have probably heard much worse.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,646 posts)
17. Finally! I can't tell you how damaged I've been
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 01:01 AM
Feb 6

from reading books throughout my youth. No amount of therapy is ever going to get those images out of my head. Aaaahhhh, one fish, two fish, green eggs, and ham.
Don't get me started on Aesop's Fables. Or those very detailed illustrations in comic books. Sear's catalog is gone but they still have National geographic.


Dumb ass religious right. More like religious wrong.

Duncan Grant

(8,920 posts)
18. Library cards?! Oh, that's hilarious.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 01:08 AM
Feb 6

Haven’t these tambourine shakers and holier-than-thou types heard of the internet? Guess what the kids are doing when they’re not under your oppressive thumb?

DET

(2,503 posts)
20. It's Always the Uptight Women
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 01:32 AM
Feb 6

You don’t see a whole lot of men supporting these ridiculous laws. Probably too busy checking out internet porn, like their kids.

Vinca

(53,999 posts)
21. Brooke needs to realize the fastest way to get a kid to read the book she doesn't want them to read is to ban access.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 07:53 AM
Feb 6
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Bill would bar students f...