Iowa 2011-2012 Regular Session

House Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF563

Introduced
3/2/23  
Introduced
3/2/23  
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.
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Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF496

Introduced
3/2/23  
Engrossed
3/22/23  
Introduced
3/2/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Engrossed
3/22/23  
Enrolled
5/11/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Passed
5/26/23  
Enrolled
5/11/23  
A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent's or guardian's right to make decisions affecting the parent's or guardian's child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specified circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six, and modifying provisions related to student health screenings, school district library programs, the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, the department of education, the board of educational examiners, and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools, competent private instruction, and special education, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1145.) Effective date: 05/26/2023, 07/01/2023.
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Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF616

Introduced
3/3/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Introduced
3/3/23  
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.)
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Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF620

Introduced
3/3/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Introduced
3/3/23  
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.)
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Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF658

Introduced
3/7/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Introduced
3/7/23  
A bill for an act authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards.(Formerly HF 437.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HSB106

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act relating to electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours, school safety plans, and instruction related to the effects of social media in grades six through eight, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 782.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF168

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act relating to notices that nonpublic schools receiving tuition payments from the education savings account program must provide to parents and guardians.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF555

Introduced
2/24/25  
A bill for an act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF586

Introduced
2/25/25  
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.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF587

Introduced
2/25/25  
A bill for an act requiring schools to establish and offer a junior fire fighter program to high school students.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF585

Introduced
2/25/25  
A bill for an act relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts and including applicability provisions.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF621

Introduced
2/27/25  
A bill for an act relating to firearms on school property, and including effective date provisions.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF629

Introduced
2/28/25  
A bill for an act relating to the enrollment of children of military families in school districts.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HSB278

Introduced
3/3/25  
A bill for an act relating to physical education requirements for students enrolled in grades seven through twelve in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HSB277

Introduced
3/3/25  
A bill for an act providing for a study of establishing an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents in Pottawattamie county or a contiguous county.(See HF 868.)