Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:

A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2060.) Effective date: 07/01/2026 Applicability date: 01/01/2026

Subcommittee members: Fett-CH, Gehlbach, Matson

Date: Monday, March 16, 2026

Time: 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: RM 102

Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.

Comments Submitted:

03-11-2026

Teresa Wellman

OPPOSED. This bill needs to die a swift death in committee. The items restricted in this original bill were put there for the specific reason of keeping any public money from supporting sectarianism. These proposed amendments are set up to allow religious institutions to benefit from taxpayers. IA legislators need to redirect their focus to fully funding our public schools and cleaning up IAs waterways. Stay away from all this culture war and religious influence.