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HF 194Died when the session ended · February 4, 2019

Directing that students be required to read and demonstrate comprehension of excerpts from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book “the gulag archipelago” as a condition of high school graduation

Topics:K–12 education

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2019
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill directs school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to require all students to read and demonstrate comprehension of excerpts from the abridged version of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, “the gulag archipelago”, as a condition of high school graduation.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.

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House subcommittee

Named February 5, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§280.9C

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Lobbying

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