Zach Wahls: “Senator Jake Chapman's bill would actually result in jail…”

“I would say the disconnect is that there are some Republicans who want to completely exclude teachers and librarians from the process. We don't think that's the right way to go. I know that earlier today there was a subcommittee on Senator Jake Chapman's bill would actually result in jail time for teachers or librarians and involves stripping them of their licenses. I don't think that's a realistic approach. I don't think it's the right thing for Iowa students, and I think it's actually going to make a lot of the issues that we're seeing with teacher shortages a lot worse.” (03:13–03:24)

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