Bills in Committee

Education (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2351	A bill for an act relating to the state preschool program for four-year-old children by establishing a preschool expansion incentive, authorizing state aid for the incentive, and addressing program costs. (Formerly SSB 3155 and SF 2268.)
SF 2286	A bill for an act establishing a fine arts standards task force and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3048.)
SF 2262	A bill for an act requiring radon testing in public schools and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2127.)
SF 2226	A bill for an act establishing a low-income program supplement for school districts to provide programs serving low-income pupils. (Formerly SSB 3160.)
SF 2129	A bill for an act authorizing the establishment of a philanthropy account within an agency fund established by a school corporation. (Formerly SF 2006.)
SF 2079	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3105.)
SF 2078	A bill for an act relating to school district property tax replacement payments. (Formerly SSB 3107.)
SF 2077	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3106.)
SF 2056	A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and reorganization or dissolution by school districts. Effective 7-1-14.
SF 423	A bill for an act relating to and providing for education reform involving student, teacher, and administrator programs and activities under the purview of the department of education, the state board of education, college student aid commission, school districts and accredited nonpublic schools; establishing a fee; and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1228.)
SF 404	A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 266.)
SF 337	A bill for an act providing for training on suicide prevention and trauma-informed care for school personnel. (Formerly SF 216.)
SF 321	A bill for an act modifying the funding requirements for whole grade sharing agreements and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 120.)
SF 319	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa early intervention block grant program by eliminating the future repeal of the chapter establishing the program and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1142.)
SF 162	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2014, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1123.)
SF 161	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2014, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1122.)
SF 52	A bill for an act relating to establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1059.)
SF 51	A bill for an act relating to establishment of the categorical state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1060.)
HF 2412	A bill for an act establishing a school radon testing and mitigation grant program and making an appropriation.
HF 2409	A bill for an act relating to state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies and providing for training on bullying prevention. (Formerly HSB 525)
HF 2392	A bill for an act relating to the administration of epinephrine in schools. (Formerly HSB 611)
HF 2350	A bill for an act relating to certain public cafeterias concerning local purchasing preferences and dietary guidelines.
HF 2342	A bill for an act relating to administrative costs savings and efficiencies at the state board of regents.
HF 2334	A bill for an act relating to professional development services for elementary teachers to improve students' literacy skills. (Formerly HSB 555)
HF 2308	A bill for an act relating to private instruction.
HF 2283	A bill for an act establishing a refugee family support services pilot program and making appropriations.
HF 2282	A bill for an act requiring display of the motto "in God we trust" by school districts.
HF 2271	A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for shared operational functions of school districts and area education agencies and including effective date provisions. Effective 3-26-14.
HF 2269	A bill for an act relating to the administrator quality program and to a coaching and support system for school district administrators. (Formerly HSB 560)
HF 2263	A bill for an act relating to publicly funded preschool and early childhood programming and making appropriations.
HF 2255	A bill for an act relating to school district funding for at-risk pupils and dropout prevention programs and including applicability provisions.
HF 2252	A bill for an act relating to standards for educational and instructional models, programs, and supplementary weighting for students identified as limited English proficient. (Formerly HSB 553)
HF 2248	A bill for an act relating to the concurrent enrollment program between school districts and community colleges.
HF 2247	A bill for an act relating to competency-based education and making appropriations.
HF 2246	A bill for an act requiring employment background checks of community college employees who work with children.
HF 2245	A bill for an act to establish an Iowa center for suicide prevention in the department of education and to require school employee training and protocols relating to suicide prevention and trauma-informed care and making an appropriation.
HF 2244	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a community practitioner preparation initiative within the department of education.
HF 2227	A bill for an act relating to state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies, providing for a harassment and bullying investigation specialist, and making an appropriation.
HF 2211	A bill for an act establishing a medical student promise tax credit and a medical student promise fund under the control of the college student aid commission, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 2193	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of an Iowa middle school extended learning time pilot project grant program. (Formerly HSB 556)
HF 2188	A bill for an act relating to classroom placement of multiple birth siblings by school districts.
HF 2184	A bill for an act relating to duties of the school finance formula review committee by requiring a review of certain school district expenditures and including effective date provisions.
HF 2176	A bill for an act providing for an independent study of student debt and making appropriations.
HF 2170	A bill for an act relating to school instructional time. Effective 7-1-14.
HF 2167	A bill for an act relating to the maintenance and administration of epinephrine in schools and certain other facilities.
HF 2162	A bill for an act relating to limited English proficient education by modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students, requiring the establishment of a limited English proficient advisory group, requiring the creation of a committee within the department of education, modifying provisions relating to the special instruction of limited English proficient students, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2153	A bill for an act directing the state board of regents and the department of education to convene a commission to study financing strategies for the state's public postsecondary institutions.
HF 2152	A bill for an act to require radon testing and mitigation in public schools.
HF 2141	A bill for an act relating to student academic assessments to be administered by school districts and to membership in a multistate assessment consortium.
HF 2139	A bill for an act providing an exemption from state individual income tax of certain tuition and related expenses of postsecondary education and including retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 2126	A bill for an act relating to special education scholarships for children requiring special education attending a nonpublic school, establishing a special education scholarship fund, providing a tax exemption, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2105	A bill for an act relating to academic indicators for students.
HF 2104	A bill for an act relating to the determination of preschool budget enrollment for the statewide preschool program and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2090	A bill for an act providing education savings grants for pupils attending a nonpublic school or receiving competent private instruction, establishing an education savings grant fund, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2089	A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for school districts and area education agencies that share operational functions and including effective date provisions.
HF 2085	A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
HF 2079	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth and including effective date provisions.
HF 2078	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth and including effective date provisions.
HF 2068	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2060	A bill for an act providing for the creation of a unified educational data system task force.
HF 2055	A bill for an act relating to Iowa's public records Act and library records of a minor.
HF 2045	A bill for an act relating to Montessori programs, including practitioner preparation, licensing, and nontraditional preparation options.
HF 2044	A bill for an act relating to the maintenance and administration of epinephrine in schools and certain service providers regulated by the department of human services.
HF 2038	A bill for an act relating to duties of the school finance formula review committee and including effective date provisions.
HF 2037	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to convene a work group for streamlining the public school administration system in Iowa.
HF 646	A bill for an act requiring the offering and completion of a personal finance literacy curriculum for high school students.
HF 610	A bill for an act establishing a school bus stop arm camera pilot program.
HF 595	A bill for an act relating to the definition of resident for purposes of tuition and fees at community colleges and institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents. (Formerly HF 309)
HF 594	A bill for an act relating to education of students in residential placement settings. (Formerly HSB 213)
HF 593	A bill for an act relating to state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies. (Formerly HSB 196)
HF 560	A bill for an act relating to a sales tax holiday for instructional materials sold to college students.
HF 559	A bill for an act relating to school district funding by modifying school budget review committee authority to recommend fiscal reviews and to provide transportation assistance aid, specifying uses of the district management levy, authorizing school districts to levy for transportation costs, and including applicability provisions. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2360)
HF 515	A bill for an act requiring the state's high school social studies curriculum to include instruction on the Declaration of Independence. (Formerly HF 341)
HF 479	A bill for an act concerning the base salary of employees at board of regents institutions for retirement and insurance benefit purposes.
HF 456	A bill for an act establishing a centralized state school bus purchasing program administered by the department of administrative services. (Formerly HF 4)
HF 455	A bill for an act relating to vehicular transportation for students and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 81)
HF 438	A bill for an act relating to school resource officers and private security staff.
HF 437	A bill for an act establishing a world language education pilot project to be administered by the department of education and making an appropriation.
HF 436	A bill for an act providing for a study and report on establishing an additional regents institution or a regents outpost.
HF 435	A bill for an act making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing postsecondary educational programs to meet the challenges of a globally competitive economy.
HF 434	A bill for an act relating to school district funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program, providing for supplementary weighting for certain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 423	A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction requirements for high school students.
HF 414	A bill for an act establishing an education remediation council in the department of education.
HF 413	A bill for an act relating to career and technical programs offered by community colleges or administered by the department of education and making appropriations. (See Cmte. Bill HF 501)
HF 403	A bill for an act relating to specific criteria for teacher preparation and including effective date provisions.
HF 402	A bill for an act establishing a school improvement technology program and making appropriations.
HF 377	A bill for an act relating to greater transparency for state board of regents meetings, forums, and proposals.
HF 365	A bill for an act relating to the recommendations of the competency-based education task force, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
HF 341	A bill for an act requiring the state's high school social studies curriculum to include instruction on the Declaration of Independence. (See Cmte. Bill HF 515)
HF 327	A bill for an act providing for training on suicide prevention and trauma-informed care for school personnel.
HF 326	A bill for an act requiring the development of guidelines for the attainment of high-performance certification applicable to elementary and secondary public school buildings.
HF 309	A bill for an act relating to the definition of resident for purposes of undergraduate tuition and fees at community colleges and institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents. (See Cmte. Bill HF 595)
HF 284	A bill for an act providing for a task force on safety measures for schools and postsecondary educational institutions.
HF 283	A bill for an act establishing an energy audit program with regard to elementary and secondary public school buildings.
HF 241	A bill for an act establishing an energy efficiency training curriculum applicable to designated school district employees.
HF 216	A bill for an act concerning driver education instruction by a teaching parent.
HF 207	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by providing supplementary weighting for transported pupils in certain school districts and including applicability provisions.
HF 204	A bill for an act relating to the compulsory age of attendance, to penalties for failure to attend school, and to dropout prevention efforts.
HF 203	A bill for an act concerning school district funding for certain programmatic costs of instruction of children requiring special education and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 202	A bill for an act establishing an agricultural education pilot project for certain school districts and including effective date provisions.
HF 188	A bill for an act requiring new school buses purchased by school districts to be equipped with a front and rear motion sensor system.
HF 187	A bill for an act relating to the prevention of bullying in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and including effective date provisions.
HF 183	A bill for an act relating to policies at public institutions of higher education granting resident status for purposes of paying postsecondary tuition and fees.
HF 157	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa early intervention block grant program by extending the repeal date of the chapter establishing the program and including effective date provisions.
HF 156	A bill for an act relating to state funding for intensive instructional services and supports and to the retention in grade three of students who are deficient in reading and who fail to enroll in an intensive summer reading program.
HF 153	A bill for an act authorizing the college student aid commission to organize a nonprofit corporation to provide Iowans with postsecondary educational financial assistance.
HF 148	A bill for an act adding one-half unit of personal finance literacy to the educational program standards established for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
HF 145	A bill for an act creating an Iowa state board for blind and deaf education with authority over the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school.
HF 143	A bill for an act concerning harassment and bullying by students and providing criminal and civil penalties and remedies for failure by parents, guardians, and custodians to prevent such harassment and bullying.
HF 142	A bill for an act relating to student performance by establishing an education remediation council and an advanced placement funding formula.
HF 141	A bill for an act relating to the time for certifying school district budgets and submitting area education agency budgets and including applicability provisions.
HF 127	A bill for an act prohibiting employers and schools from seeking access to certain online personal employee and student information and providing penalties.
HF 126	A bill for an act relating to school guidance counselors and professional service providers, including professional service and secondary guidance counselor preparation and professional development programs, related licensing and endorsement requirements under the board of educational examiners, and the provision of career and academic guidance counseling services by school districts.
HF 113	A bill for an act relating to independent accreditation of nonpublic schools.
HF 89	A bill for an act relating to a foreign language requirement at the elementary school level and including effective date provisions.
HF 69	A bill for an act relating to the protection of students from concussions and other brain injuries.
HF 28	A bill for an act relating to the compulsory school attendance age and including effective date provisions.
HF 27	A bill for an act establishing a worker shortage loan forgiveness program to be administered by the college student aid commission.
HF 17	A bill for an act making certain students who open enroll to a school district in a county contiguous to the school district of residence eligible for transportation assistance.
HF 16	A bill for an act modifying Iowa's human services and education systems to provide that children start school ready to learn and to increase Iowa's student achievement rates, making appropriations to the department of education and to the economic development authority, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 4	A bill for an act establishing a centralized state school bus purchasing program administered by the department of administrative services. (See Cmte. Bill HF 456)
HJR 2003	A joint resolution nullifying board of educational examiners rules relating to prohibited conduct between licensees and former students and including effective date provisions.