Bills in Committee

Education (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2428	A bill for an act relating to the responsibilities of school districts and charter schools related to the discipline of students who cause violent or nonviolent disruptions. (Formerly SF 2044.)
SF 2404	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requires certain specified school districts to establish attendance centers for students requiring special education and students with behavioral issues. (Formerly SF 2181.)
SF 2351	A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2116.)
SF 2335	A bill for an act directing the department of education to convene a working group to study the impact of technology on the cognitive function and academic performance of students.(Formerly SF 516, SF 237.)
SF 2319	A bill for an act relating to the inclusion of the your life Iowa program on public school internet sites.(Formerly SF 2084.)
SF 2231	A bill for an act relating to eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2060.)
SF 2224	A bill for an act relating to computer science education, including by modifying provisions related to standards for computer science education, the curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3050.)
SF 2220	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration.(Formerly SSB 3042.)
SF 2219	A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies related to exempting student absences for 4-H club or FFA activities. (Formerly SSB 3041.)
SF 273	A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.(Formerly SSB 1066.)
HF 2737	A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2613	A bill for an act relating to reporting requirements for accredited nonpublic schools and the department of education concerning education savings account funds.
HF 2612	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.
HF 2470	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that authorizes school districts and charter schools to offer instruction in logic and critical thinking.
HF 2454	A bill for an act relating to the employment of temporary licensed mental health counselors by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
HF 2453	A bill for an act relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible uses to include costs to expand preschool programs.
HF 2452	A bill for an act establishing the data security program within the department of education, and making appropriations.
HF 2450	A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions.
HF 2435	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to when children may enroll in kindergarten; when students enrolled in kindergarten in school districts, charter schools, or innovation zone schools may be promoted to first grade; and the responsibilities of school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools related to the discipline of students who cause violent or nonviolent disruptions.
HF 2420	A bill for an act relating to education, including by establishing the office of the inspector general for school safety and modifying the duties of school districts, and making appropriations and providing penalties.
HF 2392	A bill for an act implementing requirements related to the health instruction and health education instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in grades one through twelve.
HF 2382	A bill for an act establishing the school resource officer grant program within the department of education, and making appropriations.
HF 2381	A bill for an act requiring school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to grant coaches leaves of absence to attend professional development activities.
HF 2366	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction and dual enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2364	A bill for an act relating to the enactment of supplemental state aid and the suspension and forfeiture of legislative pay.
HF 2306	A bill for an act modifying the responsibilities of 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.
HF 2286	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies curriculum, core curriculum, graduation requirements, area education agencies, and high school equivalency diplomas, and including transition provisions and effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2285	A bill for an act requiring schools to establish and offer a junior fire fighter program to high school students.
HF 2282	A bill for an act relating to the sale of certain specified buildings or structures by school districts, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2272	A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.
HF 2271	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to world language instruction.
HF 2270	A bill for an act relating to standards and performance measures for public libraries.
HF 2265	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2235	A bill for an act requiring the board of educational examiners to establish authorizations for instruction related to fine arts.
HF 2217	A bill for an act relating to radon testing in schools, including responsibilities of nonpublic schools, applicability to charter and innovation zone schools, establishing a school testing and mitigation of radon grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2211	A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to participate in show choir and marching band provided by public schools, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2187	A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to allow certain youth-oriented community organizations reasonable access to school property.
HF 2186	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to application periods for the education savings account program.
HF 2172	A bill for an act modifying testing requirements applicable to pupils who are participating in the education savings account program.
HF 2170	A bill for an act relating to minimum roster sizes for interscholastic sports.
HF 2153	A bill for an act requiring community colleges, school districts, and institutions under the control of the state board of regents to adopt policies related to the use of artificial intelligence by students and employees.
HF 2152	A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.
HF 2151	A bill for an act making appropriations to the department of education for the therapeutic classroom incentive grant program.
HF 2143	A bill for an act authorizing school districts to use revenues from the district management levy for targeted staff retention incentives and including applicability provisions.
HF 2123	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.
HF 2116	A bill for an act relating to trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by public institutions of higher education and school districts.
HF 2078	A bill for an act relating to resident dependents not enrolled in a public school or receiving an educational savings account payment by creating an opportunity tax credit available against the individual income tax, creating a fund, making appropriations, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 2077	A bill for an act authorizing the expenditure of funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain insurance costs.
HF 2052	A bill for an act relating to community-based providers in the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children.
HF 2051	A bill for an act providing for supplementary weighting for school districts that share school and career specialists.
HF 2050	A bill for an act relating to the discipline of students who disrupt the educational process, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2005	A bill for an act providing for education related to the holocaust for students and teachers in school districts.
HF 2004	A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.
HF 2003	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requires certain specified school districts to establish attendance centers for students requiring special education and students with behavioral issues.
HF 2002	A bill for an act requiring the legislative council to enter into an agreement with a qualified person to conduct a review of Iowa’s public education system, and including effective date provisions.
HF 929	A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to closed sessions of meetings of the boards of directors of school districts and school district requirements to publish information regarding the school district’s policies and procedures and educational materials available to students enrolled in the school district.(Formerly HSB 156.)
HF 914	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.
HF 906	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.(Formerly HF 461.)
HF 900	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to open enrollment policies and English-language learners.(Formerly HF 68.)
HF 898	A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2.)
HF 891	A bill for an act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties.(Formerly HSB 158.)
HF 888	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, and dual enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 88.)
HF 880	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to public libraries that are eligible to receive state assistance under the enrich Iowa program.(Formerly HF 284.)
HF 868	A bill for an act providing for a study of establishing an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents in Pottawattamie county or a contiguous county.(Formerly HSB 277.)
HF 859	A bill for an act requiring school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to adopt policies related to carrying out a reduction in force.(Formerly HSB 217.)
HF 845	A bill for an act relating to elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach.(Formerly HF 448.)
HF 812	A bill for an act requesting that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to plan an Iowa education summit to be held in 2026.
HF 811	A bill for an act repealing the school tuition organization tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes and including effective date provisions.
HF 810	A bill for an act relating to granting supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount for school districts with high open enrollments, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 789	A bill for an act relating to payments to charter schools by a school district of residence for students enrolled in a charter school, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 108.)
HF 734	A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction, including instruction in United States government, provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve.
HF 733	A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.
HF 730	A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to establish a special education weighting work group.
HF 629	A bill for an act relating to the enrollment of children of military families in school districts.
HF 587	A bill for an act requiring schools to establish and offer a junior fire fighter program to high school students.
HF 586	A bill for an act relating to the development of a policy governing responses to a fire alarm activated on school grounds outside of a scheduled fire drill by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, and including effective date provisions.
HF 585	A bill for an act relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts and including applicability provisions.
HF 555	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
HF 554	A bill for an act relating to public schools, including by modifying provisions related to school district library programs and requests to remove educational materials from classrooms and school libraries.
HF 553	A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the district management levy for the employment or retention of school security personnel and including applicability provisions.
HF 552	A bill for an act relating to compulsory education by modifying provisions related to chronic absenteeism and school engagement meetings, and providing penalties.
HF 536	A bill for an act relating to firearm, hunting, and wildlife instruction provided to students enrolled in grades six through eight in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, and including applicability provisions.
HF 535	A bill for an act requiring the legislative council to enter into an agreement with a qualified person to conduct a review of Iowa’s public education system, and including effective date provisions.
HF 521	A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.(Formerly HF 274.)
HF 520	A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction, including instruction in United States government, provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 236.)
HF 502	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the activities administration authorization established by the board of educational examiners.
HF 501	A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to school district dissolution proposals and election dates for school district mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions.
HF 476	A bill for an act establishing the school resource officer grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
HF 447	A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the district management levy to pay costs related to school safety and security and including applicability provisions.
HF 446	A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
HF 445	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to application periods for the education savings account program.
HF 422	A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program quality standards and renewals.
HF 407	A bill for an act relating to open enrollment by requiring the payment of certain moneys received from the secure an advanced vision for education fund.
HF 371	A bill for an act relating to high school athletic contests and competitions.
HF 336	A bill for an act providing for education on the holocaust for students and teachers in school districts.
HF 335	A bill for an act relating to moneys deposited into school district student activity funds.
HF 333	A bill for an act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms and making an appropriation.
HF 332	A bill for an act relating to administrators employed by school districts, including requiring administrators to provide instruction to students and modifying the responsibilities of the board of educational examiners.
HF 275	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the enrollment of eligible children in the statewide preschool program.
HF 273	A bill for an act relating to student access to personal electronic devices in schools.
HF 263	A bill for an act relating to physical activity requirements applicable to students enrolled in public schools and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 262	A bill for an act providing for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025, and including effective date provisions.
HF 253	A bill for an act relating to computer science instruction, including by modifying provisions related to the graduation requirements, the computer science instruction provided by students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, computer science instruction endorsements and authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners, and the computer science professional development incentive fund.
HF 252	A bill for an act incorporating preparation in computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational thinking into the preparation required in approved practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.
HF 251	A bill for an act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency.
HF 223	A bill for an act relating to mental health resources for students enrolled in public schools.
HF 222	A bill for an act allocating hotel and motel taxes to schools that begin school calendar years after Labor Day, creating an alternate school start date fund, and making appropriations.
HF 221	A bill for an act relating to the issuance of bonds by school districts by limiting the amount offered for sale.
HF 215	A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
HF 214	A bill for an act relating to funding of approved local preschool programs and including applicability provisions.
HF 212	A bill for an act relating to meals, food, and beverages provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 5.)
HF 199	A bill for an act repealing the education savings account program.
HF 187	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including effective date provisions.
HF 168	A bill for an act relating to notices that nonpublic schools receiving tuition payments from the education savings account program must provide to parents and guardians.
HF 167	A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.(Formerly HSB 46.)
HF 166	A bill for an act relating to public schools, including requiring public schools to display the national motto and the state motto and to start each day of classroom instruction with silent time.(Formerly HSB 32.)
HF 150	A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.
HF 145	A bill for an act relating to charter schools and nonpublic schools and sexual exploitation by a school employee, and making penalties applicable.
HF 135	A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions and community colleges for certain sanitation workers and their children.
HF 121	A bill for an act relating to student resources for the submission of applications for home and community-based services waivers by the parents or guardians of students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, or innovation zone schools.
HF 119	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to content specialist authorizations and career and technical secondary authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.
HF 113	A bill for an act authorizing expenditures from certain funds by small school districts.
HF 103	A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and community colleges.
HF 80	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.
HF 76	A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve.
HF 67	A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 11	A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 9	A bill for an act establishing the school security personnel grant program within the department of education and making appropriations.
HF 8	A bill for an act relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day.
HSB 719	A bill for an act establishing the school health-related emergency response plan competitive grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.
HSB 718	A bill for an act relating to practitioner preparation programs, including by modifying the preparation required to be included in practitioner preparation programs and the duties of the state board of education and the director of the department of education, and including applicability provisions.
HSB 683	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the physical education and physical activity requirements applicable to certain specified students and by implementing a graduation requirement related to participation in a cocurricular or extracurricular activity.
HSB 680	A bill for an act relating to education funding by authorizing community-based providers to directly participate in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children, modifying the school tuition organization tax credit program, and including applicability provisions.
HSB 608	A bill for an act relating to the inclusion of the internet address for the your life Iowa program or successor program on public school student identification cards and including applicability provisions.
HSB 606	A bill for an act requiring reports to the general assembly regarding establishment of certain postsecondary student athletic programs and including effective date provisions.
HSB 554	A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration.
HSB 283	A bill for an act requiring the board of educational examiners to issue certificates when directed by the board of directors of a school district to individuals who have attained a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and who have expertise or significant professional experience in a subject area that allows the individual to provide instruction in that subject area to students enrolled in the school district in grades nine through twelve.
HSB 282	A bill for an act relating to cooperation by public and private schools with federal immigration and customs enforcement officers.
HSB 278	A bill for an act relating to physical education requirements for students enrolled in grades seven through twelve in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
HSB 276	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the minimum amount of instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
HSB 219	A bill for an act relating to mathematics instruction, including by requiring school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to develop an advanced mathematics pathway that is designed to enable students to succeed in courses related to algebra in grade eight.
HSB 142	A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges offering a curriculum in barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences if a licensed school of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences operates in the same merged area.
HSB 97	A bill for an act relating to reference to certain specified natural formations in classroom instruction and handouts provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
HSB 84	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 identity or sexual orientation to students in grades seven through twelve.