Trone Garriott aces Iowa migration, ethnic diversity claims
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Statehouse Democrats have made a business case for recruiting and retaining a diverse population to fill Iowa’s labor shortage in a push against GOP legislation regulating diversity training at schools and government entities.

Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, D-Windsor Heights, during April 28 debate in the Senate over House File 802, emphasized diversity as being key to Iowa’s success and its ability to keep talented workers.

The bill would ban from mandatory training in the schools or governments the mention of certain topics, such as teaching that the United States or Iowa is fundamentally or systemically racist or sexist and that individuals are inherently oppressive based on their race or sex. It also states that such training should not make anyone "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress" because of race or sex.

It awaits Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law.

Trone Garriott, a first-term state senator in the minority party, said, “In Iowa, net overall migration in 2020 was negative. We lost 2,348 folks who left this state. We rank 45th among states in ethnic diversity.”

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This Fact Checker was researched and written by Marissa Payne of The Gazette. This episode is hosted by Marissa Payne and features The Gazette's Erin Jordan, John Steppe, and Michaela Ramm.

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