Amendment H-1219 to HF 835

Filed April 7, 2025 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment adds a rule that schools are protected from liability if they act reasonably, in good faith, and follow a student's health plan. It also creates a specific work group made up of various education and health professionals to develop a plan for how school staff should receive health care training.¹

What it changes

1. Page 4, by striking line 10 and inserting “school acting reasonably, in good faith, and in compliance with a student’s”
2. Page 4, after line 14 by inserting: “Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— HEALTH CARE-RELATED TRAINING FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL WORK GROUP.
3. The department of education shall convene and provide administrative support to a health care-related training for school personnel work group. The work group shall review and develop a plan to ensure Iowa educators have the health care training necessary to perform their duties and responsibilities, and shall consider and submit recommendations for delivery and implementation of training required under state law or rule.
4. The work group shall include all of the following: a. (1) Two members who are staff members from the department of education, one of whom shall be an administrative consultant in the bureau of nutrition and health services. A member appointed under this subparagraph shall coordinate the work group and act as chairperson for the organizational meeting. (2) One member who is a staff member from the Iowa department of health and human services. b. Members who shall represent each of the following: (1) One member from a statewide organization representing teachers. (2) One member from a statewide organization representing school board members. (3) One member from a statewide organization representing school administrators. (4) One member from a statewide organization representing authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools. (5) One member representing the area education agencies. (6) One member from a statewide organization representing physicians. (7) One member from a statewide organization representing athletic trainers. (8) One member from a statewide organization representing emergency management services. (9) One member from a statewide organization representing health care organizations. (10) One member from a statewide organization representing school nurses.
5. Any expenses incurred by a member of the work group shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the respective entity represented by the member.
6. The director of the department of education or the director’s designee shall compile and provide to the work group a list of, and the purposes for, the health care training programs that school personnel are required to complete, as well as any requirements school personnel must meet following such training, in order be in compliance with state law or administrative rule.
7. The work group shall do all of the following: a. Identify which trainings can be best provided over the internet, and how such training can be rotated on a five-year basis for school personnel. b. Develop a plan for a regular cycle of health care-related training for school personnel review, with the goal of removing or modifying training or training programs that are no longer relevant, and identifying less costly and more efficient options that still provide the appropriate level of training to school personnel. c. Standardize the process of establishing new training requirements in state law or rule to manage stakeholder expectations relating to the timeline for establishing the requirements. d. Create an ongoing review process to find efficiencies, identify training options that better utilize time and financial resources, and offer a continuous improvement model for the system moving forward. e. Study and make any recommended changes on rules adopted by the state board of education under 281 IAC ch. 14, relating to individual health plans prepared for students with various health conditions. f. Ensure a public comment process for patient advocacy groups and parents to provide input on the recommendations of the work group.
8. If the work group recommends elimination or significant modification of certain health care-related training for school personnel, the department of education shall identify stakeholders who would potentially be affected by such change, and shall invite representatives from organizations representing such stakeholders to submit comments before or at an upcoming work group meeting before the work group makes final recommendations.
9. The department of education shall compile the work group’s findings and recommendations and shall submit the compilation, including any proposal for legislation, in a report to the general assembly, the governor, and the state board of education by December 1,
10. ”
11. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and inserting “An Act relating to school personnel training, including by implementing provisions related to emergency care planning, authorizations for assisting, and limitations of liability concerning students with epilepsy or seizure disorder, and requiring the department of education to convene a health care-related training for school personnel work group.”
12. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book