Amendment H-8098 to HF 2538

Filed March 3, 2026 in the House by

What it changes

1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 3, line 9, and inserting: “Section
2. Section 256.11, subsection 10, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: The state board shall establish, and the department shall use, for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each succeeding school year, an accreditation, monitoring, and enforcement process for school districts and nonpublic schools seeking accreditation pursuant to this subsection and subsections 11 and 12 . In applying and taking monitoring and enforcement action under this subsection and subsections 11 and 12, the department shall consider the timeliness and accuracy of the information a school district or nonpublic school provides to the department, including potential underreporting or late reporting of data related to school discipline and school safety necessary to monitor and implement the provisions of chapter
3. The process established shall include all of the following requirements:”
4. Page 4, line 29, after “readmitted” by inserting “and the principal and teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the student”
5. Page 4, line 34, after “readmitted” by inserting “and the principal and teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the student”
6. Page 5, by striking line 11 and inserting “two or more times in a semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, then the principal shall”
7. Page 5, after line 26 by inserting: “
8. a. The board of directors of a school district shall require each attendance center within the school district to create an oversight review committee that is responsible for developing a policy, consistent with this section, that establishes when a student who has been excluded from the classroom pursuant to subsection 2 may be readmitted to the classroom. b. The oversight review committee must consist of all of the following members: (1) Two teachers who work in the attendance center and who must be selected by the teachers of the attendance center. (2) One professional staff member who works in the attendance center and who must be selected by the principal of the attendance center.”
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24. Page 8, by striking lines 14 and 15 and inserting “mental recovery with full pay for not more than five days if the teacher is injured due to a student’s disorderly conduct; provided, however, that the board of directors of a school district may grant a teacher such a leave of absence for six or more days if the teacher provides to the board of directors of the school district a note from a physician indicating that such a leave of absence is needed.”
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31. Page 9, after line 23 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 284.6, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
32. A school district shall develop a district professional development plan. The district professional development plan shall include must satisfy all of the following requirements: a. Include a description of the means by which the school district will provide access to all teachers in the district to professional development programs or offerings that meet the requirements of subsection 1 . The plan shall align b. Align all professional development with the school district’s long-range student learning goals and the Iowa teaching standards. The plan shall indicate c. Indicate the school district’s approved professional development provider or providers. d. Include programs and offerings for all teachers to support serving students with disabilities. e. Include information related to all of the following: (1) The general requirements related to providing a free appropriate public education, including the school district’s obligation to identify and evaluate a student who may have a disability. (2) The provision of supports and services through a student’s individualized education program, including each individual teacher’s responsibilities relating to the development and implementation of a student’s individualized education program. (3) The general requirements related to providing education to a student with a disability consistent with the least restrictive environment requirements under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.”
33. Page 9, by striking line
35. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 7 and inserting “An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, the discipline of students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools who exhibit disorderly conduct in the classroom, and school district professional development plans, and authorizing teachers to request a meeting of a student’s individualized education program team.”
36. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book