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
- SSB 3028Jan 28StateFunding
Changes state technology funding, contracts, and criminal justice data duties
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2141.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2061Jan 28StateVouchers and ESAs
Creates grants for nonpublic school safety upgrades funded by $1 million yearly
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 10:30AM Senate Lounge.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2094Jan 28StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires computer science and AI course for 2030 graduates
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2186Jan 28StateVouchers and ESAs
Adds a December semester application window for education savings accounts
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 164.
Introduced - HF 2192Jan 28StateFunding
Raises school bond approval to 80% and requires matching deposits
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 164.
Introduced - SF 2066Jan 28StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires parental consent for human growth and development courses and events
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - SF 2083Jan 28StateOther education
Extends time to sue over childhood sexual abuse to ten years
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 159.
Introduced - SSB 3026Jan 28StateOther education
Allows bond elections on June primary election days
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - HF 2051Jan 27StateFunding
Adds school funding weight for districts sharing career specialists
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 4 meeting agendas - SSB 1158Jan 27StateOther education
Adds nutrition lessons and seeks federal waiver for school meal rules
Subcommittee reassigned: Green, Shipley, and Zimmer.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2172Jan 27StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets education savings account pupils take norm-referenced tests
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 157.
Introduced - HF 245Jan 27StateFunding
Bars school-property satellite absentee voting when school levies are on ballot
Subcommittee: Harris, Lundgren and McBurney. H.J. 159.
Introduced - SF 2072Jan 27StateOther education
Requires firing DEI staff and limits school diversity training
Subcommittee: Salmon, Green, and Quirmbach. S.J. 148.
Introduced - SF 2076Jan 27StateOther education
Waives tuition and fees for students student teaching in Iowa
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 148.
Introduced - SF 2080Jan 27StateAEAs and special education
Lets AEA employees access school district student records
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 148.
Introduced - SF 2090Jan 27StateOther education
Requires school boards to elect a non-superintendent chief officer
Subcommittee: Evans, Pike, and Zimmer. S.J. 148.
Introduced - SF 2102Jan 27StateOther education
Lets school district staff join state health insurance plan
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Taylor. S.J. 149.
Introduced - HF 2151Jan 26StateOther education
Appropriates $5 million for therapeutic classrooms grants to schools
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 149.
Introduced - HF 2152Jan 26StateVouchers and ESAs
Repeals school tuition organization tax credit for income taxes
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 150.
Introduced - HF 2153Jan 26StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires school and college AI use policies by 2028
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 150.
Introduced - HF 2019Jan 22StateOther education
Moves school board candidate filings to county election offices
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - 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 - SSB 3007Jan 21StateCurriculum and libraries
Lets high schools offer elective junior firefighter program
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2086.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - SF 2010Jan 21StateOther education
Lets receiving districts bus open-enrollment pupils farther
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 510Jan 21StateCurriculum and libraries
Allows optional Bible-based social studies courses in high schools
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 - HF 2131Jan 21StateFunding
Changes when Iowa sets school funding growth percentages
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 133.
Introduced - HF 2143Jan 21StateFunding
Lets districts use management levy for staff retention bonuses
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 134.
Introduced - SF 2003Jan 21StateCurriculum and libraries
Bans gender theory and sexual orientation instruction in grades 7-12
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - SF 2004Jan 21StateFunding
Lets school districts use SAVE fund for weapons-permit staff insurance
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - SF 205Jan 21StateOther education
Lets schools start earlier, on Monday before last August Monday
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Introduced - HSB 554Jan 20StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires advanced math pathways and acceleration for Iowa students
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - 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 2005Jan 13StateCurriculum and libraries
Requires Holocaust instruction in middle and high school courses
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 41.
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 2018Jan 13StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires private accredited schools to provide special education services
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 67.
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 - HF 772Apr 28, 2025StateFunding
Charges unregistered postsecondary schools an annual authorization fee
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