Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in educational agencies, amendments to ch 95

What it changes

This proposed rulemaking implements amendments made to Iowa Code section 19B.11 by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2711. The Department of Education published a Regulatory Analysis, the public comment period of which closed on August 25, 2026.

In the agency’s words, from the notice.

Carries out

• HF 2711: Removes race and gender requirements from many state programs

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 281-95.1
• Rule 281-95.2
• Rule 281-95.3
• Rule 281-95.4
• Rule 281-95.4(1)
• Rule 281-95.4(2)
• Rule 281-95.4(4)
• Rule 281-95.5
• Rule 281-95.6
• Iowa Code 216.2