Bills in Committee

Education (S)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2331	A bill for an act establishing a classroom supply stipend for certain public school teachers, and making appropriations.
SF 2329	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties and powers of area education agencies, the department of education, and area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 2328	A bill for an act relating to school lunch programs provided by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
SF 2325	A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools, and the governing boards of charter schools to adopt policies related to excusing the absences of students enrolled in grades six through twelve for civic or political events.
SF 2321	A bill for an act repealing the education savings account program.
SF 2311	A bill for an act providing for education on the holocaust for students and teachers in school districts.
SF 2253	A bill for an act establishing a graduation requirement for instruction related to food nutrition and preparation.
SF 2244	A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools.
SF 2241	A bill for an act relating to charter school requirements, including reporting requirements, governance standards, financial accountability, and oversight by the state board of education.
SF 2229	A bill for an act relating to education funding, including the amounts for the statewide preschool program and eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including applicability provisions.
SF 2228	A bill for an act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 2200	A bill for an act relating to school email security by requiring school districts, charter schools, and area education agencies to implement certain email security standards.
SF 2160	A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts.
SF 2152	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts.
SF 2149	A bill for an act relating to civil actions against school board members and superintendents for school policies that violate state law.
SF 2133	A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.
SF 2132	A bill for an act relating to retirement benefits of retired members reemployed as school resource officers under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.
SF 2120	A bill for an act relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff or a coach under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.
SF 2119	A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
SF 2118	A bill for an act relating to student participation in non-school-sponsored athletic contests or competitions.
SF 2094	A bill for an act relating to computer science and artificial intelligence education, including high school curricula and graduation requirements, practitioner preparation programs, and college admissions, and including applicability provisions.
SF 2090	A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts and authorizing residents and employees to request audits of school districts.
SF 2080	A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.
SF 2076	A bill for an act relating to a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at accredited private institutions and regents institutions for students during student teaching experiences in the state.
SF 2072	A bill for an act relating to state entities, including by modifying provisions related to prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and officers and to trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by school districts.
SF 2066	A bill for an act relating to human growth and development course enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at educational conferences or seminars in which human growth and development information is provided.
SF 2061	A bill for an act establishing a nonpublic school safety infrastructure grant program and making appropriations.
SF 2018	A bill for an act relating to special education, including by requiring accredited nonpublic schools to provide special education services to students enrolled in the school who require such services and modifying the responsibilities of area education agencies, and including effective date provisions.
SF 2010	A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.
SF 2008	A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program.
SF 2004	A bill for an act authorizing the expenditure of funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain insurance costs.
SF 2003	A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction in grades seven through twelve.
SF 518	A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(Formerly SF 366.)
SF 517	A bill for an act relating to child abuse and employees and agents of public schools and nonpublic schools.(Formerly SF 221.)
SF 510	A bill for an act relating to elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach.(Formerly SF 138.)
SF 485	A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program.
SF 453	A bill for an act relating to school district and area education agency funding and education savings accounts, and including applicability provisions.
SF 444	A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution.(Formerly SSB 1076.)
SF 420	A bill for an act relating to Native American mascots in schools.
SF 410	A bill for an act relating to public comment periods during regular meetings and special meetings of the boards of directors of school districts.
SF 382	A bill for an act relating to education, including by prohibiting the use of certain mascots to represent schools and institutions of higher education, establishing grant programs to assist schools and institutions of higher education in adopting alternative mascots, modifying provisions related to the Iowa tuition grants program, and making appropriations.
SF 345	A bill for an act relating to compulsory education, including by modifying provisions related to absenteeism and truancy policies adopted by school districts and school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.
SF 344	A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to allow certain community organizations reasonable access to school property.
SF 335	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to trainings and curricula provided by school districts and prohibited sexual orientation and gender identity instruction, and implementing prohibitions related to the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents, community colleges, and public schools.
SF 332	A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.
SF 323	A bill for an act relating to the membership and functions of the state board of regents and including effective date provisions.
SF 322	A bill for an act establishing completion of a course on American history and civil government as a requirement for the completion of a baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education.
SF 321	A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.
SF 309	A bill for an act establishing the dependent of a disabled veteran tuition grant program within the college student aid commission and making appropriations.
SF 282	A bill for an act prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory and including applicability provisions.
SF 280	A bill for an act relating to students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by modifying provisions related to compulsory education and chronic absenteeism and allowing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to adopt policies related to awarding academic credit for the completion of a course in religious instruction.
SF 262	A bill for an act requiring the establishment of the state percent of growth and categorical state percent of growth for two consecutive budget years during the first regular session of the general assembly, and including effective date provisions.
SF 250	A bill for an act creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations.
SF 244	A bill for an act providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions.
SF 243	A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions.
SF 235	A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
SF 217	A bill for an act relating to surveys administered to students or school employees.
SF 205	A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.(Formerly SSB 1036.)
SF 204	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
SF 199	A bill for an act repealing the education savings account program.
SF 194	A bill for an act relating to the amount of compensation paid to school district employees, including by establishing an educator supplement for all fund to be administered by the department of education, and modifying the amount of compensation paid to teachers, certain employees with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, and teaching assistants, and making appropriations.
SF 186	A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts and authorizing residents and employees to request audits of school districts.
SF 181	A bill for an act establishing requirements related to electronic resources provided by postsecondary schools, public libraries, schools, and state agencies to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
SF 178	A bill for an act relating to civil actions against school board members and superintendents for school policies that violate state law.
SF 177	A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts.
SF 172	A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
SF 168	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to shared operational functions and school district supplementary weighting.(Formerly SSB 1022.)
SF 123	A bill for an act relating to funding of approved local preschool programs and including applicability provisions.
SF 115	A bill for an act relating to human growth and development course enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at educational conferences or seminars in which human growth and development information is provided.
SF 113	A bill for an act relating to children and students, including by modifying provisions related to a parent’s or guardian’s rights to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, the educational program and human growth and development curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, student health screenings, school district library programs, special education, and other duties of school districts and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools.
SF 102	A bill for an act relating to public school personnel training concerning mental health.
SF 100	A bill for an act relating to mental health resources for students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
SF 91	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the determination of school enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 88	A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts and the authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to excusing the absences of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve for civic or political events.
SF 86	A bill for an act authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards.
SF 82	A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.
SF 80	A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students with individualized education programs to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions.
SF 78	A bill for an act relating to certain specified skilled trades, including modifying provisions related to department of workforce development internship programs, the Iowa summer youth corps program, college student aid commission programs, the senior year plus program, the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative within the innovation division of the department of education, and curricula provided in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools to include the skilled trades, and including applicability provisions.
SF 60	A bill for an act relating to the state school foundation program and the calculation of minimum state foundation aid for school districts and including applicability provisions.
SF 58	A bill for an act relating to school lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
SF 34	A bill for an act relating to physical activity requirements applicable to students in kindergarten through grade five.
SF 8	A bill for an act prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of legal names, the use of student names as listed in school registration forms or records, or for the failure to use personal pronouns in official communications, and providing civil penalties.
SSB 3110	A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program students whose household income is below a certain amount, minimum hours required to be offered, and funding calculations.
SSB 3109	A bill for an act requiring school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to provide success-sequence education in grades seven through twelve.
SSB 1164	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve by allowing instruction related to technology, engineering, or manufacturing to meet a portion of the unit requirements related to computer science.
SSB 1026	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the membership of teacher quality committees.
SSB 1024	A bill for an act providing for a review by the state board of regents of academic programs offered at regents institutions.
HF 2705	A bill for an act relating to entities supported in whole or in part by taxation, including by modifying provisions related to the duties and responsibilities of the directors and officers of school boards, school improvement advisory committees, electronic bidding on public bonds, statewide school infrastructure funding, open enrollment, and the membership and voting units of county and city conference boards, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 717.)
HF 2684	A bill for an act permitting school districts to use certain categorical funds generated from pupils participating in the education savings account program for any school general fund purpose.(Formerly HF 2393.)
HF 2670	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to summative testing in schools and the educational program provided to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 746.)
HF 2652	A bill for an act relating to play-based learning in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten.(Formerly HF 460.)
HF 2649	A bill for an act establishing a pilot program that authorizes eligible community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees. (Formerly HSB 533.)
HF 2591	A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, student transfers, and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements.(Formerly HF 2034.)
HF 2547	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the collective statewide articulation agreement between community colleges and the state board of regents, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, and individual career and academic plans, and by requiring the state board of regents to submit a report related to establishing a performance-based funding model for the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents. (Formerly HSB 572.)
HF 2546	A bill for an act modifying the duties of the department of education related to electronic systems, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2124.)
HF 2539	A bill for an act repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education.(Formerly HSB 607.)
HF 2538	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, the discipline of students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools who exhibit disorderly conduct in the classroom, the responsibilities and powers of the department of education, school district teachers, and other educational staff related to students who have individualized education programs or plans under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, and school district professional development plans, and authorizing teachers to request a meeting of a student’s individualized education program team. (Formerly HF 2122.)
HF 2510	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the educational programs provided by the institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents. (Formerly HSB 714.)
HF 2494	A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to prepare, publish, and submit to the general assembly annual reports related to reading proficiency, mathematics proficiency, and area education agencies.(Formerly HSB 599.)
HF 2488	A bill for an act prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition grant program from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.(Formerly HSB 537.)
HF 2363	A bill for an act relating to English learners, including by modifying provisions related to open enrollment and the payment of costs incurred in transporting English learners to nonpublic schools, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 557.)
HF 2336	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools and the duties of the department of education, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 2106.)
HF 2250	A bill for an act authorizing resident students who are admitted to and in attendance in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program to participate in the Iowa tuition grants program.(Formerly HF 2012.)
HF 2242	A bill for an act prohibiting an increase in the amount of tuition charged to resident undergraduate students at regents institutions for a period of time and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 531.)
HF 2226	A bill for an act relating to the bachelor of science in nursing program at the university of Iowa, including priority for admission and reporting requirements. (Formerly HSB 530.)
HF 858	A bill for an act relating to concussion and brain injury training for coaches.(Formerly HSB 220.)
HF 522	A bill for an act relating to the therapeutic classroom incentive program by authorizing the expenditure of moneys for certain nutritional items.(Formerly HF 114.)
HF 515	A bill for an act relating to school districts that share the operational functions of a school resource officer, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 122.)
HF 513	A bill for an act relating to participation in high school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students enrolled in grade eight.(Formerly HF 220.)
HF 389	A bill for an act relating to student abuse by school employees. (Formerly HF 186.)
HF 269	A bill for an act prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 53.)