Teachers aren't having it.

Senate File 2003, proposed by Iowa Sen. Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville), would prohibit public and charter schools from having any instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in grades 7 through 12. The bill expands a portion Senate File 496, which banned the same for K-6 students and is currently being blocked in federal court.

A staffer for Gov. Kim Reynolds denied a local journalist access to an official press briefing before the Condition of the State address yesterday. Laura Belin, who runs liberal website Bleeding Heartland, said this has happened multiple times, even though she is a member of the Iowa Capitol Press Association.