Bills in Committee

Education (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2388	A bill for an act relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2041.)
SF 2206	A bill for an act relating to participation in school activities by students enrolled in charter schools.(Formerly SSB 3072.)
SF 2191	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.(Formerly SF 2017.)
SF 484	A bill for an act relating to meetings of the school finance formula review committee.(Formerly SF 393.)
SF 398	A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.(Formerly SF 264.)
SF 252	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.(Formerly SF 58.)
SF 251	A bill for an act relating to school district administrative expenditures and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 12.)
HF 2496	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the responsibilities of nonpublic schools.
HF 2495	A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program quality standards and renewals.
HF 2469	A bill for an act prohibiting the use of certain names, mascots, or related materials by public and accredited nonpublic schools and including effective date provisions.
HF 2468	A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool programs, including minimum hours of instruction and funding.
HF 2467	A bill for an act relating to the eligibility to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions of pupils who participate in open enrollment due to the death of the pupil’s friend or relative.
HF 2431	A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.
HF 2380	A bill for an act relating to the amount of instruction a student who is enrolled in a school district for dual enrollment purposes may receive under the school district’s academic programs.
HF 2379	A bill for an act establishing a nursing education grant program and fund to be administered by the college student aid commission and making appropriations.
HF 2369	A bill for an act relating to state funding for children receiving competent private instruction or independent private instruction, making penalties applicable, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2368	A bill for an act relating to school lunch programs provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and making appropriations.
HF 2357	A bill for an act relating to statewide voluntary preschool program required hours of instruction and funding calculations.
HF 2356	A bill for an act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms.
HF 2353	A bill for an act relating to preschool for four-year-old children, including funding, minimum hours, and approved programs, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2352	A bill for an act relating to the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents and making appropriations.
HF 2346	A bill for an act relating to the participation in extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions by students enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools in grades nine through twelve.
HF 2342	A bill for an act providing for rehabilitation services for public school students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled substances.
HF 2286	A bill for an act requiring boards of directors of school districts to adopt policies related to excusing the absences of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve for civic or political events.
HF 2275	A bill for an act providing for behavioral health resource coordinators in middle and high schools.
HF 2226	A bill for an act relating to education savings account program eligibility and payments for children enrolled in an accredited nonpublic school’s program for four-year-old children and including effective date provisions.
HF 2212	A bill for an act relating to school districts and area education agencies that share bachelor social workers as part of an operational sharing agreement, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2211	A bill for an act relating to special education weighting for children enrolled in accredited nonpublic schools.
HF 2198	A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of truant pupils.
HF 2193	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa school for the deaf and providing transition provisions.
HF 2178	A bill for an act relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts.
HF 2177	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 excusing student absences for 4-H club or future farmers of America activities.
HF 2172	A bill for an act relating to open enrollment and including applicability provisions.
HF 2171	A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
HF 2158	A bill for an act relating to voter registration activities at schools.
HF 2147	A bill for an act relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day.
HF 2146	A bill for an act relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for school districts that share school resource officers, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2138	A bill for an act relating to the human growth and development curriculum provided by school districts, including enrollment of students in grades seven through twelve in human growth and development courses and information provided to parents and guardians.
HF 2125	A bill for an act relating to college athletics by requiring a name, image, and likeness financial literacy course for college athletes, exempting certain net income received by college athletes from the individual income tax, and allowing for deductions from individual and corporate income taxes for contributions made to college athletic collectives, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 2109	A bill for an act relating to school buses and other vehicles used to transport pupils.
HF 2107	A bill for an act requiring public and accredited nonpublic schools to post information on mental health resources online.
HF 2077	A bill for an act relating to higher education, including requiring the cancellation of the recognition or registration of public institution of higher education student organizations that support or endorse terrorism or certain specified terrorist organizations, prohibiting students enrolled in institutions of higher education who support or endorse terrorism or certain specified terrorist organizations from receiving certain specified forms of financial aid, modifying the duties of the attorney general, and including effective date provisions.
HF 2076	A bill for an act relating to supplemental aid and modified supplemental amounts for certain school districts relating to open enrollment and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 2073	A bill for an act authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chaplains, or engage volunteer chaplains, to provide services to students.
HF 2072	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 2069	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the social studies curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts in grades nine through twelve.
HF 2068	A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the social studies curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts in grades nine through twelve.
HF 2063	A bill for an act providing for the staffing of mental health professionals in primary and secondary schools and making appropriations.
HF 2054	A bill for an act relating to the therapeutic classroom incentive program by authorizing the expenditure of moneys for certain nutritional items and making appropriations.
HF 2040	A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.
HF 2033	A bill for an act establishing the interstate teacher mobility compact.
HF 2032	A bill for an act allowing school districts to use the district management levy for cybersecurity costs.
HF 2003	A bill for an act relating to the participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions by students with disabilities who are enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools.
HF 2001	A bill for an act relating to removal of students from school buses.
HF 658	A bill for an act authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards.(Formerly HF 437.)
HF 620	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 or for the failure to use personal pronouns in official communications, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 367.)
HF 616	A bill for an act prohibiting institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents from expending moneys to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or to hire individuals to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 218.)
HF 611	A bill for an act relating to physical activity requirements applicable to students enrolled in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools in kindergarten through grade five.(Formerly HF 390.)
HF 606	A bill for an act relating to nonpublic schools, including authorizing nonpublic schools to withdraw applications for accreditation, authorizing accredited nonpublic schools to terminate accreditation, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 393.)
HF 575	A bill for an act relating to free school breakfast and lunch for students eligible to receive reduced price meals under federal programs at public schools, certain charter schools, and certain nonpublic schools and making an appropriation.
HF 563	A bill for an act directing the department of education to convene a working group to study the effectiveness of efforts related to increasing the reading proficiency of students enrolled in school districts in kindergarten through grade three.
HF 535	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa school performance profiles published by the department of education, including how dropout students affect school performance grades contained in the profiles.
HF 527	A bill for an act relating to funding for supplemental assistance for high-need schools and including effective date provisions.
HF 513	A bill for an act relating to education, including requiring instruction related to persons with disabilities in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools in kindergarten through grade eight, modifying the responsibilities of the state board of education, and modifying provisions related to school district and accredited nonpublic school programs that are designed to eliminate harassment and bullying.
HF 500	A bill for an act directing the department of education, in consultation with the board of educational examiners, to convene a working group to study the need for additional diversity and cultural competency training for teachers.
HF 480	A bill for an act relating to the human growth and development instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
HF 477	A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to establish a low-income student and poverty weighting work group.
HF 459	A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for certain shared operational functions and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 169.)
HF 454	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 453	A bill for an act relating to the instruction provided in the kindergarten program to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
HF 447	A bill for an act relating to workforce development, including establishing the Iowa workforce grant and incentive program and modifying the responsibilities of the Iowa workforce development board and the state board of regents.(Formerly HF 6.)
HF 413	A bill for an act establishing the school counselor grant program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations.
HF 402	A bill for an act prohibiting certain mascots in schools, and including effective date provisions.
HF 392	A bill for an act relating to interscholastic activities provided by school districts and nonpublic schools.
HF 381	A bill for an act relating to funding for approved local preschool programs and including applicability provisions.
HF 380	A bill for an act relating to certain amounts of school district funding for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs or alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention, and including effective date provisions.
HF 377	A bill for an act prohibiting the serving of foods containing insect proteins, lab-grown proteins imitating animal products, and genetically engineered products used to simulate animal meats at schools.
HF 372	A bill for an act relating to the physical education and physical activities requirements that apply to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
HF 363	A bill for an act relating to free school meals for children attending a public or accredited nonpublic primary or secondary school, and establishing a standing appropriation.
HF 362	A bill for an act relating to public education, including participation in surveys, analyses, activities, or evaluations by students, employees, and contractors of school districts or charter schools and prohibiting the use of certain resources or materials related to social and emotional learning.
HF 361	A bill for an act relating to the dissemination of certain specified materials, including the prohibition of certain specified materials in schools and civil actions to determine obscenity, modifying the responsibilities of the department of education, and providing civil penalties.
HF 360	A bill for an act relating to school districts and area education agencies that share operational functions by adding eligibility for information technology specialists and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 123.)
HF 341	A bill for an act prohibiting the use of margarine and hydrogenated vegetable oil in school meals.
HF 330	A bill for an act relating to recitation of the state motto in school districts.
HF 328	A bill for an act establishing the multivitamin regimen pilot program in school districts to be administered by the department of education.
HF 315	A bill for an act relating to approved courses of instruction for school bus drivers.(Formerly HF 99.)
HF 297	A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying certain funding provisions and including applicability provisions.
HF 294	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.
HF 293	A bill for an act relating to programs offered by community colleges that duplicate existing programs provided by private educational institutions or vocational institutions offering a career and technical education program.
HF 284	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by excluding from the computation of net income for the individual income tax withdrawals for the payment of qualified education expenses for private instruction, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
HF 254	A bill for an act relating to the study of cosmetology.(Formerly HSB 90.)
HF 251	A bill for an act relating to requirements for and restrictions on special minor’s driver’s licenses, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 58.)
HF 241	A bill for an act establishing the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations.
HF 234	A bill for an act relating to the minimum salary for teachers.
HF 233	A bill for an act relating to determination of school district enrollments and education savings account participation and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 220	A bill for an act requiring school districts to provide information related to the Iowa tuition grant program to students enrolled in grades ten through twelve.
HF 210	A bill for an act relating to the minimum age of substitute teachers in prekindergarten through grade eight.
HF 187	A bill for an act relating to instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools related to the availability of a vaccine to prevent the human papilloma virus.
HF 182	A bill for an act relating to institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, including requiring the institutions to submit reports to the general assembly related to terms associated with courses offered by the institutions’ colleges of education and establishing an interim study committee to evaluate practitioner preparation programs offered by the institutions, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 7.)
HF 181	A bill for an act prohibiting the state board of regents from investing public moneys in companies that are owned or controlled by Chinese military or government services and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 41.)
HF 180	A bill for an act relating to parental and guardian consent and information regarding the gender identity of students enrolled in a school district or charter school.(Formerly HF 9.)
HF 165	A bill for an act relating to voter registration activities at schools.
HF 132	A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.(Formerly HF 12.)
HF 129	A bill for an act establishing a dyslexia service providers grant program and making appropriations.
HF 104	A bill for an act establishing the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive grant program within the department of education and making appropriations.
HF 98	A bill for an act extending the period of budget years for which supplementary weighting is available for shared operational functions by school districts and area education agencies.
HF 97	A bill for an act relating to school district compensation of student teachers and modifying provisions related to the district management levy.
HF 95	A bill for an act establishing a temporary initial teaching license to be issued by the board of educational examiners to applicants who complete alternative teacher certification programs.
HF 84	A bill for an act relating to soil and water conservation courses of study at community colleges and Iowa state university of science and technology.
HF 73	A bill for an act relating to firearm education in schools, including requiring the director of the department of education to develop and distribute age-appropriate model programs for firearm safety instruction and modifying provisions related to the required instruction in public schools and accredited nonpublic schools in grades six through twelve.
HF 72	A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.
HF 48	A bill for an act prohibiting tenure systems at the institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents, and including applicability provisions.
HF 40	A bill for an act providing for a world language education pilot program and making appropriations.
HF 15	A bill for an act establishing the pathways to education and employment reentry program to be administered by the community colleges division of the department of education and making appropriations.
HF 5	A bill for an act relating to education, including requiring the boards of directors of school districts and the governing boards of charter schools to publish certain specified information, modifying provisions related to required social studies instruction, and providing civil penalties.