Failure to appeal proposed decision to the state board, 1.1(5)

What it changes

This proposed rulemaking clarifies the State Board of Education’s role when there is no appeal of a proposed decision in contested cases under its jurisdiction. The Department of Education published a Regulatory Analysis, the public comment period of which closed on September 8, 2026.

In the agency’s words, from the notice.

Reviewed by legislators

• Administrative Rules Review Committee, Monday, November 9, 2026Upcoming

The committee, ten legislators from both parties, can object to a rule or delay it.

Public hearings

• Tuesday, November 3, 2026

  8 to 9 a.m. Room B50 Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa Via videoconference: meet.google.com/sib-mznu-iuf

Rules and law it touches

• Rule 281-1.1(5)
• Rule 7-2506.27