HF 2425 (LSB 6079YH (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2425

BY  SHIPLEY

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring that school districts include a life-affirming message on student identification cards and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.72  Student identification cards —— life-affirming message.
   A school district that issues identification cards to students in kindergarten through grade twelve shall include on either side of the identification card an eloquent, uplifting, life-affirming message that reinforces students’ innate worth and dignity. The message shall be substantially similar to one of the following:
   1.  No matter the setting, circumstances, or crowd, remember that you are immensely valuable as you. Stand firm in your feelings, values, and intuition and know that it is you who holds your life path in your hands. You are important, unique, and irreplaceable. Live so you celebrate that truth.
   2.  Wherever you are today, remember that you are immensely valuable as you. Your unique perspective, thoughts, feelings, and experiences are invaluable to this world. Merely by existing, you provide and help create the infinite expansion of the universe.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A school district that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires that school districts that issue identification cards to students in kindergarten through grade 12 include on either side of the identification card an eloquent, uplifting, life-affirming message that reinforces students’ innate worth and dignity. The message shall be substantially similar to language provided in the bill.
   The bill applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of the bill. A school district that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of the bill.