Bills in Committee

Education (S)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2276	A bill for an act relating to savings for higher education and training including creating an Iowa educational savings kick start program and a hawkeye state matching grant program, and making appropriations.
SF 2246	A bill for an act establishing a rural teacher shortage area loan forgiveness program and fund.
SF 2223	A bill for an act establishing survey and reporting requirements relating to community college students’ intent to pursue a baccalaureate degree, progress in prerequisite academic coursework, and enrollment in universities after receiving community college degrees.
SF 2222	A bill for an act requiring the state board of education to establish a poverty weighting study committee.
SF 2219	A bill for an act relating to the authority of the college student aid commission to organize a nonprofit corporation.
SF 2218	A bill for an act relating to additional weighting for limited English proficient students and including applicability provisions.
SF 2217	A bill for an act relating to funding amounts for the statewide preschool program and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 2207	A bill for an act relating to state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies, providing for a competitive grant program to provide related training, and providing for a school climate and bullying prevention work group.
SF 2206	A bill for an act establishing an education savings grant program for certain pupils attending a nonpublic school, establishing an education savings grant fund, providing an income tax exemption, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
SF 2161	A bill for an act prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits a person with a valid permit to carry weapons from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university, and including civil penalties.
SF 2102	A bill for an act relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar program.
SF 2068	A bill for an act authorizing school districts to use funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund for certain preschool program costs.
SF 2067	A bill for an act providing for excused absences from school for student mental health needs.
SF 2057	A bill for an act requiring public and private accredited elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions to establish a process by which students may appeal coursework grades based on alleged political bias.
SF 2056	A bill for an act relating to seizure disorders and establishing certain requirements for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and the department of education, and providing immunity from criminal and civil liability for certain persons who provide related assistance or services.
SF 2052	A bill for an act pertaining to instruction in water safety in schools.
SF 2044	A bill for an act requesting a study on providing additional weighting to nonpublic schools for purposes of determination of classification in high school athletics and including effective date provisions.
SF 2034	A bill for an act establishing bus hub requirements for the transportation of students by school districts.
SF 2032	A bill for an act establishing supplementary weighting for school district transportation costs and including applicability provisions.
SF 2027	A bill for an act requiring that public secondary and postsecondary education institutions include contact information for the your life Iowa crisis program and the national suicide prevention line on student identification cards and including applicability provisions.
SF 2015	A bill for an act relating to establishing standards for the prevention of a sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes.
SF 2010	A bill for an act relating to the reporting of certain assessment scores by approved practitioner preparation programs and including effective date provisions.
SF 551	A bill for an act relating to the state preschool program by establishing a preschool expansion incentive, authorizing state aid for the incentive, and addressing program costs.
SF 550	A bill for an act relating to additional weighting for limited English proficient students and including applicability provisions.
SF 539	A bill for an act establishing the office of student loan ombudsman within the college student aid commission. (Formerly SF 318.)
SF 495	A bill for an act relating to school bus equipment standards, requirements, and funding, and including effective date provisions.
SF 480	A bill for an act requesting the establishment of an interim committee to study the feasibility of allowing a day of virtual instruction to count as a minimum school day when inclement weather causes schools to close. (Formerly SF 353.)
SF 441	A bill for an act relating to kindergarten programs offered by school districts.
SF 440	A bill for an act relating to the determination of school district enrollment for certain school districts following a disaster event and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 439	A bill for an act relating to the burden of proof in certain judicial proceedings involving school boards and rules adopted by the department of education. (Formerly SF 298.)
SF 433	A bill for an act establishing requirements relating to the use and identification of open educational resources by postsecondary educational institutions and requiring exploration and action on opportunities to reduce education resources costs.
SF 432	A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and affirmative consent.
SF 376	A bill for an act relating to the health education requirement for grades nine through twelve under the education standards. (Formerly SF 270.)
SF 371	A bill for an act relating to probationary periods for school district administrators.
SF 354	A bill for an act requesting the establishment of an interim study committee to consider school district and accredited nonpublic school use of online learning technology as a means to meet minimum school day or school hour requirements when inclement weather causes schools to close.
SF 352	A bill for an act relating to alternative pathways and alternative practitioner preparation programs leading to initial teacher and administrator licenses and endorsements.
SF 317	A bill for an act relating to the state preschool program by establishing a preschool expansion incentive, authorizing state aid for the incentive, and addressing program costs.
SF 311	A bill for an act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms.
SF 284	A bill for an act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 278	A bill for an act requiring community colleges and institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents to offer to certain students financial literacy programs designed to reduce student loan debt.
SF 224	A bill for an act relating to independent private instruction reporting and notice of intent requirements.
SF 219	A bill for an act relating to an intercollegiate basketball scheduling requirement for institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents.
SF 177	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a teacher recruitment and retention task force.
SF 166	A bill for an act requesting the establishment of a state university governance interim study committee.
SF 161	A bill for an act relating to the amounts paid to a receiving district for a pupil participating in open enrollment and including applicability provisions.
SF 130	A bill for an act relating to the school start date and including effective date provisions.
SF 129	A bill for an act to modify the school start date and including effective date provisions.
SF 97	A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and prevention.
SF 73	A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the physical plant and equipment levy for school safety and security equipment and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 70	A bill for an act relating to school building emergency operations plans by authorizing investigations of unplanned fire alarm activations prior to initiation of regular evacuation and safety procedures.
SF 54	A bill for an act prohibiting public and accredited nonpublic schools and postsecondary educational institutions from scheduling classes, activities, or events during presidential precinct caucuses and including effective date provisions.
SF 32	A bill for an act relating to a petition by a school board for amendment or repeal of a rule adopted by the state board of education.
SF 31	A bill for an act establishing a limitation on the amount of administrative costs for school districts.
SF 30	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa core curriculum and to assessment and content standards for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and including effective date provisions.
SF 28	A bill for an act relating to education by modifying the duties and authority of certain state and local governmental entities, establishing an education savings grant program and fund, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 27	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of tenure systems at public postsecondary educational institutions.
SSB 1214	A concurrent resolution to establish a fine arts program interim study committee. (See SCR 8.)
SSB 1190	A bill for an act relating to the responsibilities and authority of school districts or school corporations, accredited nonpublic schools, or area education agencies. (See SF 438.)
SSB 1165	A bill for an act relating to requirements school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must meet to provide distance learning classes that meet the requirements of Iowa’s education program. (See SF 394.)
SSB 1163	A bill for an act authorizing use of concurrent enrollment programs for teaching certain subjects required under the educational standards and making an appropriation to fund enrollment of pupils under concurrent enrollment program agreements between accredited nonpublic schools and community colleges. (See SF 488; SF 603.)
SSB 1052	A bill for an act relating to requirements for eligibility under the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program. (See SF 246.)
SSB 1051	A bill for an act relating to eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program. (See SF 245.)
SSB 1043	A bill for an act to require school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer high school students an opportunity to take the United States citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test, and including applicability provisions. (See SF 209.)
SSB 1042	A bill for an act relating to recommendations regarding school building emergency operations plans. (See SF 160.)
SSB 1031	A bill for an act relating to assessment scores set by the department of education for successful completion of a practitioner preparation program and for initial teacher licensure and providing for related matters. (See SF 159.)
SSB 1030	A bill for an act relating to eligibility for the health care loan repayment program. (See SF 167.)
SSB 1029	A bill for an act relating to a financial literacy requirement under the state’s educational standards. (See SF 139.)
SJR 1	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to provide home rule for school districts.
SCR 8	A concurrent resolution to establish a fine arts program interim study committee. (Formerly SSB 1214.)
HF 2539	A bill for an act relating to language and literacy development for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. (Formerly HSB 680.)
HF 2291	A bill for an act relating to the authority of the college student aid commission to organize a nonprofit corporation. (Formerly HF 2126.)