Education bills
Bills the Iowa Department of Education tracks, plus bills in the education committees, with where each one stands and the meetings that took it up.
- 2025–2026 session465 bills
- HF 2546Mar 26StateOther education
Requires statewide student data system and modernized department portal
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 659.
Passed HouseOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 175Mar 26StateOther education
Extends in-state tuition to more military families at Iowa schools
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 658.
Passed HouseOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2363Mar 26StateOther education
Limits English learner open enrollment and funds their transportation
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 659.
Passed HouseOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2335Mar 26StateOther education
Creates working group to study school technology's effect on student learning
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760.
Passed SenateOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2434Mar 26StateOther education
Requires local government rules be approved by ordinance
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760.
Passed SenateOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2538Mar 26StateOther education
Sets discipline rules for disruptive students and IEP meetings
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 659.
Passed HouseOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2319Mar 26StateOther education
Requires schools to post your life Iowa suicide prevention resources
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760.
Passed SenateOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2473Mar 26StateFunding
Shifts tech fund priorities and moves criminal justice data to DOM
NOBA: Senate Full Approps
Introduced - SF 2141Mar 24StateFunding
Moves technology fund oversight and criminal justice data to Iowa management department
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2473. S.J. 640.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2390Mar 24StateOther education
Creates school grants for cardiac emergency response plans and defibrillators
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2474. S.J. 640.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2725Mar 24StateOther education
Consolidates education reports and creates college program return-on-investment reporting
Read first time, attached to SF 2407. S.J. 629.
Passed House - SF 2407Mar 24StateOther education
Consolidates education reports and adds college program return-on-investment data
Attached to HF 2725. S.J. 629.
Introduced - HSB 596Mar 23StateOther education
Caps local property tax growth and requires voter approval for bonds
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2745.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2206Mar 23StateOther education
Limits terms in state purchasing contracts with vendors
Withdrawn. S.J. 613.
Introduced - HF 36Mar 20StateOther education
Ends court deference to state agencies on law interpretation
Withdrawn. H.J. 714.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 2307Mar 20StateOther education
Creates provisional coaching authorization for school sports coaches
Withdrawn. H.J. 714.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 853Mar 19StateOther education
Ends judicial deference to state agency legal interpretations
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 602.
Passed HouseOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2005Mar 19StateFunding
Adds career and technical instructors to school district sharing funding
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2212Mar 19StateOther education
Allows public and accredited schools to scrimmage home school sports teams
Amendment S-5107 filed. S.J. 610.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2304Mar 19StateFunding
Caps indirect costs on state-funded grants at 5 percent
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.
Introduced - HF 2336Mar 19StateOther education
Requires schools to protect student religious and political expression
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 600.
Passed House - HF 2492Mar 19StateFunding
Adds career and technical instructors to shared-staff school funding
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
Passed House - HF 2499Mar 19StateFunding
Changes state technology fund, contracts, and criminal justice data
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.
Introduced - HF 2590Mar 19StateOther education
Directs state to sell Iowa communications network
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.
Introduced - HF 2608Mar 19StateOther education
Bars unauthorized immigrants from voting and denies some bail
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.
Introduced - HF 2686Mar 19StateOther education
Changes rules for one-year transitional coaching authorizations in Iowa schools
Subcommittee: Evans, Pike, and Quirmbach. S.J. 602.
Passed House - SF 2300Mar 19StateOther education
Protects student religious and political speech and expression at schools
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 600.
Introduced - SF 2336Mar 19StateOther education
Requires antisemitism bans and annual reports at Iowa schools and colleges
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 600.
Introduced - SF 2386Mar 19StateFunding
Caps indirect costs on state-funded grants at 5 percent
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
Introduced - SF 2406Mar 19StateVouchers and ESAs
Consolidates charter school laws and ends innovation zone schools
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
Introduced - SF 2412Mar 19StateOther education
Requires citizenship checks for state, local and school hires
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.
Passed Senate - SF 2413Mar 19StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires United States government instruction in grades seven and eight
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
Introduced - SF 2424Mar 19StateFunding
Requires vaccine exemptions for health students in clinical rotations
Amendment S-5108 filed. S.J. 610.
Introduced - HF 2250Mar 18StateFunding
Extends Iowa tuition grants to students in transition programs
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Passed HouseOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 2649Mar 18StateOther education
Pilots baccalaureate degrees at isolated community colleges
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Passed HouseOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2404Mar 18StateAEAs and special education
Creates pilot requiring two districts to run attendance centers for students
Fiscal note.
Passed Senate - HF 2494Mar 17StateOther education
Requires yearly reading, math, and area education agency reports
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Passed HouseOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2638Mar 17StateOther education
Makes public separation pay and last work dates for government staff
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Winckler. S.J. 587.
Passed House - HF 2122Mar 16StateOther education
Lets teachers remove disruptive students from class
Withdrawn. H.J. 672.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2191Mar 16StateFunding
Moves school and city elections to even-year November
Withdrawn. H.J. 672.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2388Mar 16StateOther education
Makes government employee separation details public records
Withdrawn. H.J. 672.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2488Mar 16StateFunding
Bans diversity offices at private colleges receiving Iowa tuition grants
Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. [].
Passed House - HF 2512Mar 16StateOther education
Requires license revocation for educators celebrating political violence
Fiscal note.
Introduced - HF 2327Mar 12StateOther education
Adds reemployment case management and moves unemployment notices online
Referred to Appropriations. H.J. 666.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2623Mar 12StateFunding
Moves school and city elections to even-numbered years
Subcommittee: Koelker, Webster, and Winckler. S.J. 560.
Passed House - HF 2681Mar 12StateAEAs and special education
Requires video cameras in special education classrooms
Amendment H-8217 filed. H.J. 668.
Introduced - HF 1010Mar 11StateFunding
Requires annual fees from certain unregistered postsecondary institutions
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Passed HouseOn 4 meeting agendas - SSB 3001Mar 11StateFunding
Freezes school levies and changes property tax limits for 2027
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2472.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2510Mar 11StateCurriculum and libraries
Expands K-12 and university social studies requirements, civics focus
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. S.J. 555.
Passed House - SF 448Mar 10StateOther education
Makes school bus driver training optional unless districts require it
Tabled until future meeting.
Passed SenateOn 2 meeting agendas