News Track: What’s happening with Iowa’s school book ban law?

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Nearly two years after Iowa enacted its school library book restrictions , the law’s future remains unresolved, leaving districts navigating shifting legal ground.

With the state’s appeal now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and a decision still months away, school leaders say they are operating in a holding pattern. School districts have reshelved previously removed titles, but many remain wary as they await clarity on what the law ultimately will require — and what it will forbid.

Iowa’s law mandating certain book removals remains on hold under a renewed federal injunction that blocks enforcement of the law’s school library provision while the state presses its appeal.