Amendment H-8089 to HF 2676

Filed March 3, 2026 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for schools to ensure their drinking water has nitrate-nitrogen levels no higher than three milligrams per liter. It also provides 10 million dollars to help schools meet these water quality standards.¹

What it changes

1. Page 7, after line 23 by inserting: “DIVISION SCHOOLS —— DRINKING WATER Sec. ___. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 00t. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 280.32A relating to drinking water nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . w. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 280.32A relating to drinking water nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 280.32A Drinking water —— nitrate and nitrogen concentrations. The board of directors of each school district shall ensure the provision of the drinking water at schools with nitrate-nitrogen concentrations of no higher than three milligrams per liter. Sec. ___. SCHOOLS —— DRINKING WATER. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the provision of drinking water at schools with nitrate-nitrogen concentrations of no higher than three milligrams per liter: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000,000”
2. Title page, line 2, after “medication,” by inserting “and education, making appropriations”
3. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book