About a month into the new legislative session, two proposed education measures have caused controversy at the Iowa Statehouse as Democrats criticize their colleagues across the aisle for the “freight train” push toward Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature.

Among the critics is Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, D-Windsor Heights, a Senate Education Committee member who decried the bills in a Jan. 24 news release.

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