8th Cir. holds that Iowa's law requiriing schools to notify parents if their child asks to use a different name or pronoun is not unconstitutionally vague.

Also upholds a ban on "instruction" related to gender identity and sexual orientation in K-6th.

ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/04/252186P.pdf

April 06, 2026 - 15:53 UTC

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As a matter of law, this seems right to me. "Accommodation" doesn't rise give rise to vagueness concerns, IMHO. In general, vagueness doctrine seems like a poor vehicle to challenge a law like this. I'm surprised the district court held otherwise.
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There's an irony here, in that it seems hard to define what it means to ban instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation for K-6th graders. Can no teacher talk about attraction between people or gendered behavior?
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