Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF321

Introduced
2/17/25  
A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF322

Introduced
2/17/25  
A bill for an act establishing completion of a course on American history and civil government as a requirement for the completion of a baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB1135

Introduced
2/18/25  
A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, and establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services.(See SF 445.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF345

Introduced
2/18/25  
A bill for an act relating to compulsory education, including by modifying provisions related to absenteeism and truancy policies adopted by school districts and school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF344

Introduced
2/18/25  
A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to allow certain community organizations reasonable access to school property.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF366

Introduced
2/19/25  
A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB1164

Introduced
2/19/25  
A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the curriculum provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve by allowing instruction related to technology, engineering, or manufacturing to meet a portion of the unit requirements related to computer science.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF382

Introduced
2/19/25  
A bill for an act relating to education, including by prohibiting the use of certain mascots to represent schools and institutions of higher education, establishing grant programs to assist schools and institutions of higher education in adopting alternative mascots, modifying provisions related to the Iowa tuition grants program, and making appropriations.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF410

Introduced
2/20/25  
A bill for an act relating to public comment periods during regular meetings and special meetings of the boards of directors of school districts.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB1075

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements and employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf.(See SF 520.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB1077

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act modifying provisions related to compulsory education, truancy, and chronic absenteeism.(See SF 277.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SSB1076

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or dissolution.(See SF 444.)
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF172

Introduced
1/30/25  
A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF177

Introduced
2/3/25  
A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts.
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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF181

Introduced
2/3/25  
A bill for an act establishing requirements related to electronic resources provided by postsecondary schools, public libraries, schools, and state agencies to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.