Bills in Committee

Education (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2225	A bill for an act relating to assessing and reporting of potential concussions or brain injuries in certain extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests. (Formerly SSB 3044.)
SF 2195	A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and prevention. (Formerly SF 2077.)
SF 2093	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017. (Formerly SSB 3065.)
SF 2092	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017. (Formerly SSB 3064.)
SF 2009	A bill for an act expanding the statewide preschool program to include certain five-year-old children and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 476	A bill for an act providing for additional weighting for eligible students identified as limited English proficient who are enrolled in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children. (Formerly SF 161 and SF 295.)
SF 472	A bill for an act modifying the supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 77 and SF 245.)
SF 431	A bill for an act relating to required core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the state board of education. (Formerly SSB 1234.)
SF 345	A bill for an act relating to state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies, providing for training for school personnel, establishing a bullying and violence prevention student mentoring pilot program, and providing for a school climate and bullying work group. (Formerly SSB 1044.)
SF 279	A bill for an act relating to persons employed by the department of education for gifted and talented children programs. (Formerly SF 191.)
SF 258	A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for the gap tuition assistance program. (Formerly SSB 1056.)
HF 2434	A bill for an act requiring the state board of regents to issue a request for proposals for a higher education needs assessment for northwest Iowa.
HF 2327	A bill for an act authorizing the college student aid commission to write off certain defaulted student loan debt as uncollectible. (Formerly HSB 570)
HF 2295	A bill for an act relating to the authority, functions, and responsibilities of the college student aid commission.
HF 2294	A bill for an act relating to the provision of prekindergarten services using innovative financing partnership contracts, providing financing authority to the treasurer of state, and making appropriations.
HF 2293	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by establishing a transportation equity program, modifying provisions relating to transportation assistance aid provided by the school budget review committee, and making appropriations.
HF 2290	A bill for an act delaying a requirement relating to an annual assessment of public school student progress.
HF 2289	A bill for an act relating to practitioner preparation in reading and to reading instruction and dyslexia interventions for public school students.
HF 2252	A bill for an act concerning open enrollment of students in online learning programs.
HF 2230	A bill for an act requiring school employee training and protocols relating to suicide prevention and trauma-informed care.
HF 2213	A bill for an act relating to the requirements for the enactment of the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth and including applicability provisions.
HF 2205	A bill for an act establishing a safe routes to school program and fund.
HF 2198	A bill for an act relating to persistently lowest-achieving schools by authorizing parents or guardians to petition for the closure of an attendance center, for implementation of an education voucher program, or for establishment of a charter school, establishing an education voucher fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties.
HF 2197	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017.
HF 2196	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017.
HF 2189	A bill for an act establishing conditions for a reduction in state aid payments to school districts that fail to adequately implement certain core curriculum standards.
HF 2188	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to conduct a study of school districts' implementation of twenty-first century learning skills under the Iowa core.
HF 2182	A bill for an act relating to school district funding by establishing a district cost per pupil equity budget adjustment for certain budget years and including effective date provisions.
HF 2181	A bill for an act relating to school district funding by designating certain revenues for student instructional expenditures and requiring school districts to establish a supplemental state aid instructional expenditure fund.
HF 2177	A bill for an act creating a dual language immersion pilot project and fund and a state certificate of biliteracy to be administered by the department of education.
HF 2166	A bill for an act relating to school district residency for children participating in athletic leagues.
HF 2163	A bill for an act requiring school districts to make available to a parent or guardian certain materials, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2157	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa learning online initiative.
HF 2151	A bill for an act permitting school boards to enter into public-private partnerships for ancillary services and including applicability provisions.
HF 2139	A bill for an act relating to successful progression for early readers and to intensive summer reading programs.
HF 2138	A bill for an act requiring each area education agency to employ a dyslexia specialist, subject to an appropriation by the general assembly.
HF 2137	A bill for an act making progression of certain students from grade three and the provision of summer reading programs by school districts subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2136	A bill for an act relating to successful progression for early readers, including intensive summer reading programs and third grade retention of certain students.
HF 2128	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of teacher quality demonstration pilot projects by school districts.
HF 2102	A bill for an act relating to school district spending authority by establishing a district cash reserve budget adjustment.
HF 2083	A bill for an act establishing a school district enrollment supplement program and making appropriations.
HF 2081	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation assistance aid, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2072	A bill for an act relating to school district funding by establishing a district cost per pupil equity budget adjustment for certain budget years and including effective date provisions.
HF 2071	A bill for an act relating to the determination of the regular program state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost per pupil and including effective date provisions.
HF 2070	A bill for an act relating to the concurrent enrollment program between school districts and community colleges.
HF 2062	A bill for an act providing for additional weighting for eligible students identified as limited English proficient who are enrolled in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children.
HF 2054	A bill for an act relating to core science standards adopted by the state board of education.
HF 2053	A bill for an act relating to statewide student assessments and to student data collection by the department of education, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 2037	A bill for an act expanding the statewide preschool program to include certain five-year-old children and including applicability provisions.
HF 2036	A bill for an act providing for the licensure of applicants with relevant professional employment experience as teachers for secondary level science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses.
HF 2028	A bill for an act relating to contractual relationships between licensed athletic trainers and school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2016	A bill for an act to allow a student to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity sponsored or administered by a statewide organization in an adjoining state.
HF 2015	A bill for an act providing education scholarships for children of military parents attending a nonpublic school, creating a military family scholarship fund, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2009	A bill for an act requiring the department of education to distribute a handbook of educational options.
HF 2008	A bill for an act relating to the exercise, by school districts, of any broad and implied powers not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, and to the construction of statutes related to school district boards and school districts.
HF 633	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of an active shooter response training grant program by the department of education and making an appropriation.
HF 613	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa high school athletic association's state wrestling tournament and school calendar instructional time established by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 610	A bill for an act relating to the membership of the board of regents and including transition provisions.
HF 609	A bill for an act establishing a STEM categorical funding supplement and including applicability provisions.
HF 608	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a class-size goal for school districts.
HF 584	A bill for an act concerning short-term testing and retesting for radon at public school district attendance centers. (Formerly HSB 178)
HF 582	A bill for an act relating to Iowa academic standards, assessments, and curricula relating to student academic progress, and to the collection of and access to student data. (Formerly HSB 173)
HF 559	A bill for an act providing for a waiver of eligibility requirements to receive a high school equivalency diploma. (Formerly HF 462)
HF 518	A bill for an act relating to alternate and renewable energy by creating a school wind generation revolving loan and grant program and fund within the Iowa energy center to fund wind generation projects, modifying the authorized uses of physical plant and equipment revenue, and making an appropriation.
HF 517	A bill for an act relating to the minimum guidelines for comprehensive early childhood development services for at-risk three-year-old and four-year-old children.
HF 479	A bill for an act to establish a nurturing Iowans loan reimbursement program and fund under the administration and control of the college student aid commission.
HF 462	A bill for an act providing for a waiver of eligibility requirements to receive a high school equivalency diploma. (See Cmte. Bill HF 559)
HF 461	A bill for an act establishing a full-day preschool program as part of the statewide preschool program.
HF 451	A bill for an act relating to special education endorsements for teacher licenses issued by the board of educational examiners.
HF 446	A bill for an act relating to a statewide assessment of student progress on the core academic indicators in mathematics, reading, and science administered by school districts. (Formerly HSB 172)
HF 445	A bill for an act relating to payment of costs for educational services for children residing in certain psychiatric hospitals or institutions. Effective 7-1-15.
HF 444	A bill for an act relating to the duties and authority of the state board of education and the department of education, to the programs and activities under the purview of the state board and the department, and providing for properly related matters affecting school districts. (Formerly HSB 11)
HF 433	A bill for an act establishing a district cash reserve budget adjustment.
HF 432	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by establishing supplementary weighting for transported pupils in certain school districts and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 431	A bill for an act establishing a transportation aid supplement program for certain school districts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
HF 428	A bill for an act relating to establishment of an attendance center performance scoring system by the department of education.
HF 410	A bill for an act relating to the dissemination of contact information pertaining to the boards of directors of school districts.
HF 403	A bill for an act relating to career and technical education professional development offered by area education agencies to school districts.
HF 396	A bill for an act establishing an Iowa principal leadership institute advisory council. (Formerly HSB 13)
HF 390	A bill for an act relating to sexual assault policies adopted by state and accredited private postsecondary institutions.
HF 360	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 359	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by authorizing a school district to impose a transportation cost supplemental levy following approval at election and including applicability provisions.
HF 327	A bill for an act relating to short-term testing and retesting for radon gas at public school district attendance centers, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
HF 326	A bill for an act requiring each area education agency to employ a dyslexia specialist subject to an appropriation by the general assembly.
HF 325	A bill for an act making professional development relating to dyslexia as a condition of teacher licensure and license renewal by the board of educational examiners.
HF 324	A bill for an act establishing an energy efficiency training curriculum applicable to designated school district employees.
HF 323	A bill for an act relating to the exercise, by school districts, of any broad and implied powers not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, and to the construction of statutes related to school district boards and school districts.
HF 322	A bill for an act establishing a task force on professional school counselor program requirements.
HF 321	A bill for an act modifying school budget review committee authority to recommend fiscal reviews.
HF 320	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by establishing supplementary weighting for pupils in certain school districts and including effective date provisions.
HF 313	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 312	A bill for an act relating to statewide assessments of student progress administered by school districts for purposes of the core academic indicators.
HF 311	A bill for an act relating to the requirements for the enactment of bills establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth and including applicability provisions.
HF 310	A bill for an act establishing an energy audit program with regard to elementary and secondary public school buildings.
HF 309	A bill for an act relating to the attainment of high-performance certification applicable to elementary and secondary public school buildings.
HF 298	A bill for an act increasing the amount of the tuition tax credit and including retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 297	A bill for an act relating to the renewal requirements for a standard teaching license.
HF 290	A bill for an act requiring the integration of lessons and tools relating to local foods and farm-to-school programs into curricula developed for the core content standards by the department, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 275	A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of certain individuals employed by educational institutions for unemployment insurance benefits between two successive academic years or terms.
HF 274	A bill for an act relating to kindergarten programs offered by school districts.
HF 273	A bill for an act relating to academic and assessment standards for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 272	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa core curriculum and core content standards applicable to students in kindergarten through grade twelve and including effective date provisions.
HF 271	A bill for an act relating to required core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the state board of education.
HF 270	A bill for an act providing for additional weighting for eligible students identified as limited English proficient who are enrolled in the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children.
HF 269	A bill for an act relating to academic indicators for students.
HF 250	A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by making appropriations to be used for transportation assistance aid and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 242	A bill for an act relating to a review of the sex offender registry, the child abuse registry, or the dependent adult abuse registry for information regarding instructors and prospective instructors for certain courses at community colleges and institutions under the control of the state board of regents and including applicability provisions.
HF 241	A bill for an act relating to the compulsory age of attendance and to penalties for failure to attend school.
HF 240	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of maximum full-time teaching loads for community college career and technical course instructors.
HF 214	A bill for an act relating to private instruction.
HF 213	A bill for an act relating to student online personal information protection and providing remedies.
HF 207	A bill for an act increasing the minimum number of instruction hours for an approved local program for purposes of the statewide preschool program and including applicability provisions.
HF 196	A bill for an act relating to licensing sanctions against individuals who default on debt owed to or collected by the college student aid commission.
HF 176	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a twice exceptional student task force and making an appropriation.
HF 175	A bill for an act relating to administration of a civics examination by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools as a condition of high school graduation and including applicability provisions.
HF 140	A bill for an act relating to student discipline and student conduct policies adopted by school districts.
HF 132	A bill for an act relating to school district funding for at-risk pupils and dropout prevention programs and including applicability provisions.
HF 127	A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of school districts to receive professional development supplement funding.
HF 123	A bill for an act making a statutory correction to remove an inconsistency regarding the employment of the executive director of the board of educational examiners. Effective 7-1-15.
HF 122	A bill for an act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 5)
HF 121	A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for the gap tuition assistance program. (Formerly HSB 12)
HF 108	A bill for an act relating to the consultant employed by the department of education for gifted and talented children programs.
HF 105	A bill for an act to provide that peace officers and retired peace officers qualify as classroom driver education instructors.
HF 84	A bill for an act establishing a transportation cost supplement program for school districts, authorizing the imposition of a transportation cost supplement property tax and income surtax, and including applicability provisions.
HF 82	A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth. (Formerly HSB 56)
HF 79	A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth. (Formerly HSB 55)
HF 75	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 67	A bill for an act requiring the display of the golden rule in public school classrooms.
HF 50	A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
HF 36	A bill for an act establishing a worker shortage loan forgiveness program to be administered by the college student aid commission.
HF 12	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of an academic coaching endorsement by the board of educational examiners.
HJR 2002	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to provide home rule for school districts.