Iowa Education Legislative Watch
State

Education Committee

Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 2:30 pm · RM 102

Met

Agenda

  1. Call to Order

    Call to Order Roll Call Approval of previous meeting minutes Reading of bills electronically assigned. Consideration of bills, at discretion of chair HF 2393 Behn HF 2052 Boden HF 2218 Boden HF 2307 Boden HF 2003 Fett HF 2366 Fett HSB 725 Fett HF 2078 Fett HSB 554 Gehlbach HSB 676 Gehlbach HSB 717 Gehlbach HF 2270 Hayes HSB 718 Hayes HF 2306 Hayes HSB 746 Hayes HF 332 Henderson HF 460 Henderson HSB 680 Hora HF 2051 Ingels HSB 677 Ingels HF 2187 Johnson, C. HSB 719 Larson HF 2123 Shipley HF 2451 Shipley HF 621 Shipley HSB 608 Shipley HSB 683 Wheeler HSB 735 Wheeler Other business Adjourn

    HF 2003: Pilots attendance centers for special education and behavioral studentsHF 2051: Adds school funding weight for districts sharing career specialistsHF 2052: Requires school districts to partner with preschool providersHF 2078: Creates $4,000 tax credit for children outside public schoolsHF 2123: Requires firing of staff who violate Iowa DEI bansHF 2187: Requires school districts to give youth patriotic groups access to school propertyHF 2218: Requires video recording systems in all special education classroomsHF 2270: Bars library standards from requiring private-organization policiesHF 2306: Requires teachers to read IEPs and 504 plans, notify staffHF 2307: Creates provisional coaching authorization for school sports coachesHF 2366: Loosens home-school rules and makes diplomas from private instruction countHF 2393: Lets schools spend education savings account pupil funds on general needsHF 2451: Limits kindergarten through fifth grade screen time to 60 minutes dailyHF 332: Requires school administrators to teach classes periodicallyHF 460: Requires play-based learning in preschool, prekindergarten and kindergartenHF 621: Allows firearms in school vehicles and parking lots with permitsHSB 554: Requires advanced math pathways and acceleration for Iowa studentsHSB 608: Requires your life Iowa web address on student ID cardsHSB 676: Consolidates charter school law and ends innovation zone schoolsHSB 677: Creates temporary teaching endorsements in fine arts, math, science, agricultureHSB 680: Lets community preschool providers receive state preschool funds directlyHSB 683: 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.HSB 717: Expands school board access to curriculum, libraries and classroomsHSB 718: Bans DEI and social-emotional learning from teacher prep programsHSB 719: Creates grants for school cardiac emergency response plans and defibrillatorsHSB 725: Consolidates education reports and adds college program return-on-investment dataHSB 735: Expands charter school, nonpublic school and preschool funding and rulesHSB 746: Adds social studies testing and changes K-12 health and civics rules