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 2508Mar 10StateOther education
Requires required noncontact periods for high school extracurricular athletics
Amendment H-8194 filed. H.J. 633.
Introduced - HF 2684Mar 10StateFunding
Lets districts spend voucher-student teacher funds on any general purpose
Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom.
Passed House - HF 2705Mar 10StateFunding
Gives school board members more access to classrooms and materials
Subcommittee: Evans, Taylor, and Zimmer.
Passed House - HF 851Mar 10StateOther education
Adds nutrition lessons and seeks waiver for local school meal standards
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach. S.J. 549.
Passed House - HF 2049Mar 9StateFunding
Adds career and technical instructors to shared-staff school funding
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 2012Mar 9StateFunding
Extends Iowa tuition grants to students in transition programs
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2034Mar 9StateOther education
Extends athletic waiting period for open enrollment students
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2106Mar 9StateOther education
Protects student religious and political speech in Iowa schools
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2124Mar 9StateOther education
Requires a statewide student data system and modernized Department of Education portal
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2393Mar 9StateFunding
Lets schools spend education savings account pupil funds on general needs
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 460Mar 9StateOther education
Requires play-based learning in preschool, prekindergarten and kindergarten
Withdrawn. H.J. 614.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2736Mar 9StateFunding
Shifts area education agency funding to school district budgets
Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 606.
Introduced - HF 2737Mar 9StateVouchers and ESAs
Limits education savings accounts to lower-income families and ends program in 2029
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 607.
Introduced - HF 2244Mar 5StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires civics and voting instruction in grades seven through twelve
Fiscal note.
Passed House - HF 2268Mar 5StateOther education
Eliminates chauffeur's permits and changes motor vehicle accident reporting rules
Withdrawn. H.J. 601.
Introduced - SSB 3183Mar 5StateOther education
Moves public notices to a state online portal with $5 posting fees
Subcommittee: Green, Guth, and Petersen.
Introduced - HF 2699Mar 4StateVouchers and ESAs
Overhauls charter school rules and ends innovation zone schools
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2358Mar 4StateOther education
Lets community providers directly run state preschool programs
Fiscal note.
Introduced - SF 2361Mar 4StateCurriculum and libraries
Creates voluntary civics excellence seal for high school graduates
Withdrawn. S.J. 469.
Introduced - SF 2391Mar 4StateOther education
Sets statewide course numbering and corequisite college math and English rules
Withdrawn. S.J. 470.
Introduced - SF 2410Mar 4StateOther education
A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement for purposes of public construction bidding.(Formerly SF 2164.)
Withdrawn. S.J. 472.
Introduced - SSB 3166Mar 3StateOther education
Rescinds old state agency rules covered by new uniform procedures
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2463.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2247Mar 3StateFunding
Requires schools to accept cash for athletic event tickets
Withdrawn. H.J. 523.
Introduced - HF 2330Mar 3StateOther education
Requires faster responses to public records requests
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Winckler. S.J. 456.
Passed House - SF 2287Mar 3StateOther education
Changes Iowa election rules on recounts, voter cancellations, and filings
Withdrawn. S.J. 447.
Introduced - HF 2092Mar 2StateOther education
Extends state preschool eligibility to some five-year-olds
Withdrawn. H.J. 484.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2466Mar 2StateOther education
Expands apprenticeships, career training, and school apprenticeship access in Iowa
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2246Mar 2StateOther education
Limits continuing education to job-related requirements for licensed professionals
Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Westrich. S.J. 436.
Passed HouseOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2294Mar 2StateOther education
Extends deadline to file open meetings and records complaints
Subcommittee reassigned: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Staed. S.J. 436.
Passed House - SF 2403Mar 2StateFunding
Extends school district merger and sharing incentives to 2031
Fiscal note.
Introduced - HR 110Feb 26StateOther education
Honors the Phoenix Declaration on education and parental rights
Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 461.
Introduced - SF 2351Feb 26StateOther education
Limits open enrollment for chronically absent or truant pupils
Read first time, referred to Education. H.J. 440.
Passed Senate - SF 2223Feb 25StateOther education
Expands career education options for high school students and community colleges
Fiscal note.
Introduced - SF 2224Feb 25StateCurriculum and libraries
Adds AI and computer science to teacher prep and high school standards
Read first time, referred to Education. H.J. 416.
Passed Senate - SSB 3034Feb 25StateFunding
Expands homestead tax credit and caps local property tax growth
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Introduced - HSB 668Feb 24StateOther education
Removes race, gender, and citizenship requirements from state programs and licenses
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2711.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - HSB 623Feb 24StateOther education
Creates early childhood and family services system and child care aid for workers
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2712.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HSB 677Feb 24StateOther education
Creates temporary teaching endorsements in fine arts, math, science, agriculture
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2724.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 725Feb 24StateOther education
Consolidates education reports and adds college program return-on-investment data
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2725.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 735Feb 24StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school, nonpublic school and preschool funding and rules
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2713.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2183Feb 24StateFunding
Creates income tax checkoff sending money to public schools
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2436Feb 24StateFunding
Stops school foundation taxes from funding urban renewal debt
Subcommittee: Dawson, Bisignano, and Gruenhagen. S.J. 393.
Introduced - SF 2440Feb 24StateFunding
Bars school foundation property tax revenue from pro sports stadium urban renewal
Subcommittee: Dawson, Gruenhagen, and Winckler. S.J. 393.
Introduced - HSB 622Feb 23StateOther education
A bill for an act relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(See HF 2707.)
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2707.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HSB 717Feb 23StateFunding
Expands school board access to curriculum, libraries and classrooms
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2705.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 2218Feb 23StateAEAs and special education
Requires video recording systems in all special education classrooms
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2681.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2451Feb 23StateCurriculum and libraries
Limits kindergarten through fifth grade screen time to 60 minutes daily
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2685.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 676Feb 23StateVouchers and ESAs
Consolidates charter school law and ends innovation zone schools
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2699.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 694Feb 23StateOther education
Adds nutrition CME, limits certificate of need, bans dyes in school meals
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2676.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 746Feb 23StateCurriculum and libraries
Adds social studies testing and changes K-12 health and civics rules
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2670.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas