House File 2425 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2425 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring that school districts include a life-affirming 1 message on student identification cards and including 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6079YH (1) 88 je/jh

H.F. 2425 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.72 Student identification cards 1 —— life-affirming message. 2 A school district that issues identification cards to 3 students in kindergarten through grade twelve shall include on 4 either side of the identification card an eloquent, uplifting, 5 life-affirming message that reinforces students’ innate worth 6 and dignity. The message shall be substantially similar to one 7 of the following: 8 1. No matter the setting, circumstances, or crowd, remember 9 that you are immensely valuable as you. Stand firm in your 10 feelings, values, and intuition and know that it is you who 11 holds your life path in your hands. You are important, unique, 12 and irreplaceable. Live so you celebrate that truth. 13 2. Wherever you are today, remember that you are immensely 14 valuable as you. Your unique perspective, thoughts, feelings, 15 and experiences are invaluable to this world. Merely by 16 existing, you provide and help create the infinite expansion of 17 the universe. 18 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to student 19 identification cards issued on or after the effective date 20 of this Act. A school district that has a supply of unused 21 student identification cards shall use that supply prior to 22 complying with the requirements of this Act. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill requires that school districts that issue 27 identification cards to students in kindergarten through 28 grade 12 include on either side of the identification card an 29 eloquent, uplifting, life-affirming message that reinforces 30 students’ innate worth and dignity. The message shall be 31 substantially similar to language provided in the bill. 32 The bill applies to student identification cards issued on 33 or after the effective date of the bill. A school district 34 that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall 35 -1- LSB 6079YH (1) 88 je/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 2425 use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of the 1 bill. 2 -2- LSB 6079YH (1) 88 je/jh 2/ 2