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
- SF 2176Feb 12StateFunding
Makes families repay community college course costs when students fail
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2299. S.J. 282.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2420Feb 12StateOther education
Creates state inspector general to investigate school safety incidents
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 273.
Introduced - HF 2435Feb 12StateCurriculum and libraries
Sets kindergarten promotion rules and new student discipline policies
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 275.
Introduced - SF 2177Feb 12StateOther education
Requires filters blocking explicit content from minors on library digital services
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Introduced - SF 2200Feb 12StateOther education
Requires schools to adopt strict student email security by 2027
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Introduced - SF 2211Feb 12StateOther education
Bars businesses and schools from requiring medical interventions
Subcommittee: Warme, Petersen, and Salmon. S.J. 277.
Introduced - HSB 683Feb 11StateCurriculum and libraries
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the physical education and physical activity requirements applicable to certain specified students and by implementing a graduation requirement related to participation in a cocurricular or extracurricular activity.
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - SSB 3103Feb 11StateOther education
Creates EDGE headquarters tax credit and ends new jobs credit
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2301.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - SSB 3078Feb 11StateOther education
Moves Iowa city and school election filings to county commissioners
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2287.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2026Feb 11StateOther education
Limits flags on public schools and state buildings to three
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:45AM House Lounge 2 (Cancelled).
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 263Feb 11StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires 30 daily minutes of physical activity for young students
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 12:30PM House Lounge (Cancelled).
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2120Feb 11StateOther education
Lets retired school support staff and coaches return after one month
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SSB 3095Feb 11StateOther education
Requires annual reports on antisemitism at Iowa schools and colleges
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2336.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2392Feb 11StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires nutrition, fitness, and blood pressure testing in health classes
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 256.
Introduced - HF 2396Feb 11StateFunding
Expands college aid grants for Iowa workforce and vocational students
Introduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 257.
Introduced - HF 2398Feb 11StateOther education
Allows guns in school parking lots and school vehicles
Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 257.
Introduced - HF 2401Feb 11StateOther education
Exempts advisory board members from open meetings training
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 257.
Introduced - HF 2404Feb 11StateOther education
Limits school district bond votes to even-year November elections
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 258.
Introduced - HF 2407Feb 11StateOther education
Limits immigration enforcement in hospitals, child care, colleges, and courthouses
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 258.
Introduced - SSB 3109Feb 11StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires success-sequence education in grades 7-12 schools
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - HF 2123Feb 10StateOther education
Requires firing of staff who violate Iowa DEI bans
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HF 2029Feb 10StateFunding
Lets school district employees join the state health insurance plan
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2211Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets nonpublic students join public school show choir and marching band
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 12:30PM RM 19 (Cancelled).
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2004Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets nonpublic students join public school activities like theater and band
Subcommittee: Stone, Johnson, C. and Ramirez. H.J. 248.
Introduced - HF 2364Feb 10StateFunding
Suspends legislator pay if school funding growth rate is late
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 240.
Introduced - HF 2379Feb 10StateOther education
Allows permit holders to carry firearms on school grounds
Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 243.
Introduced - HF 2381Feb 10StateOther education
Requires paid leave for coaches to attend training
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 243.
Introduced - HF 2382Feb 10StateOther education
Creates school resource officer grants with $480,000 state funding
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 243.
Introduced - SF 2228Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Cuts school foundation property tax and ends education savings accounts
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 244.
Introduced - SF 2229Feb 10StateFunding
Raises preschool funding and limits private school voucher eligibility by income
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. S.J. 244.
Introduced - SSB 3130Feb 10StateOther education
Adds nutrition CME, changes certificate of need, school food dye ban
Subcommittee: Warme, Costello, and Trone Garriott.
Introduced - HF 2066Feb 9StateOther education
Shortens terms for some statewide board members to four years
Placed on calendar. H.J. 238.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HSB 557Feb 9StateOther education
Limits English learner open enrollment transfers based on program capacity
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2363.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HSB 604Feb 9StateOther education
Lets community-based providers run state preschool directly
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2358.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 605Feb 9StateOther education
Requires immunization exemption information in public health and school communications
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2347.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2060Feb 9StateOther education
Removes religious limits from education programs and tax credits
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2231. S.J. 226.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2170Feb 9StateOther education
Requires minimum roster sizes for high school sports teams
Subcommittee: Stone, Behn and Gosa. H.J. 236.
Introduced - HF 2347Feb 9StateOther education
Requires immunization exemption notices from schools and public health agencies
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 233.
Introduced - HF 2121Feb 6StateCurriculum and libraries
Extends gender theory and sexual orientation instruction ban to grades 7-12
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2338.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - HSB 532Feb 6StateOther education
Requires 80% Iowa-linked admits at Iowa law school
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2331.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 556Feb 6StateOther education
Adds unemployment case management, moves notices online, repeals youth intern pilot
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2327.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 582Feb 6StateOther education
Requires faster responses to public records requests
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2330.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 636Feb 6StateOther education
Bars school library card sharing and mobile library events
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2324.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 642Feb 6StateFunding
Caps indirect costs on state-funded grants at 5 percent
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2304.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2324Feb 6StateOther education
Bars school library card sharing and mobile library events
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 226.
Introduced - HF 2338Feb 6StateCurriculum and libraries
Extends ban on gender theory and sexual orientation lessons to grades 7-12
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 228.
Introduced - HF 2342Feb 6StateOther education
Repeals many Iowa tax credits on set dates
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 229.
Introduced - SF 172Feb 5StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires child sexual abuse prevention instruction in grades K-6
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - HSB 580Feb 5StateOther education
Extends deadline to file open meetings and records complaints
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2294.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2037Feb 5StateOther education
Moves state agency bill submission deadline from 45 to 60 days
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2207. S.J. 220.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda