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 session280 bills
- HSB 606Jan 22StateOther education
Requires reports on new men's baseball and women's wrestling programs
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Gosa and Stone. H.J. 147.
Introduced - SJR 2005Jan 22StateOther education
Proposes constitutional right to comprehensive public education for all youths
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Townsend. S.J. 132.
Introduced - SF 2010Jan 21StateOther education
Lets receiving districts bus open-enrollment pupils farther
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 3023Jan 21StateOther education
Changes Iowa driver's permits, accident reports, and DOT records rules
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2088.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2050Jan 21StateOther education
Lets teachers remove disruptive students from class
Subcommittee: Hayes, Boden and Matson. H.J. 139.
Introduced - HF 2116Jan 21StateOther education
Bans discriminatory training and curricula in Iowa schools and colleges
Subcommittee: Fett, Hayes and Kurth. H.J. 139.
Introduced - SF 205Jan 21StateOther education
Lets schools start earlier, on Monday before last August Monday
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - SSB 3032Jan 20StateOther education
Extends state employee paid parental leave beyond federal FMLA eligibility
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2080Jan 15StateOther education
Lets retired school support staff return to work sooner
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 101.
Introduced - SF 2041Jan 14StateOther education
Makes payroll dues deduction for public employee unions negotiable
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Dotzler, and Schultz. S.J. 90.
Introduced - HF 2002Jan 13StateOther education
Orders independent comprehensive review of Iowa's K-12 public schools
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 40.
Introduced - HF 2006Jan 13StateOther education
Lets school district and city employees join state health plan
Rereferred to State Government. H.J. 63.
Introduced - SF 2008Jan 13StateOther education
A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program.
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 66.
Introduced - SF 525Jun 16, 2025StateOther education
Adds nutrition instruction and sets state school meal guidelines
Referred to Agriculture. S.J. 1057.
Introduced - SF 630May 13, 2025StateOther education
Shifts state technology funding and IT contract rules to DOM
Withdrawn. S.J. 993.
Introduced - HF 756Apr 28, 2025StateOther education
Moves technology and criminal justice data duties to management department
Withdrawn. H.J. 1073.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 307Apr 17, 2025StateOther education
Moves tech funding, data sharing, and vendor contract rules to Iowa management department
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 630. S.J. 828.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 855Apr 3, 2025StateOther education
Extends diversity office ban to community colleges
Referred to Higher Education. H.J. 896.
Introduced - HF 334Mar 31, 2025StateOther education
Allows schools to employ or engage volunteer chaplains for students
Withdrawn. H.J. 871.
IntroducedOn 6 meeting agendas - HSB 173Mar 7, 2025StateOther education
Adds nutrition instruction and seeks federal waiver for school meal rules
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 851.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - HSB 61Mar 7, 2025StateOther education
Bars Iowa community colleges from creating DEI offices
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 855.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 72Mar 5, 2025StateOther education
Moves state tech funding and criminal justice data to management department
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 756.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - SF 237Mar 5, 2025StateOther education
Creates working group to study school technology's effects on learning
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 516. S.J. 422.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 1161Feb 25, 2025StateOther education
Lets school districts decide if bus drivers take safety course
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 448.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 1083Feb 12, 2025StateOther education
Moves state technology and criminal justice data duties to management department
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 307.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 141Feb 12, 2025StateOther education
Requires schools and athletic groups to accept cash for sports entry
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 274. S.J. 256.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SSB 1066Feb 11, 2025StateOther education
Redefines grooming behavior for educator reporting to licensing board
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 273.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 1036Feb 4, 2025StateOther education
Lets Iowa schools start the calendar earlier in August
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 205.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HSB 6Jan 30, 2025StateOther education
Extends in-state tuition to more veterans and their families
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 175.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 1023Jan 30, 2025StateOther education
Limits online open-enrollment students' school activity participation
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 176.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas