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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 2386: Directing the state board of education to adopt rules prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate, confine, or detain students

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 it does

This bill directs the state board of education to adopt rules prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate, confine, or detain students, and defines “seclusion room” as a room or other enclosure within a school facility from which a student’s egress is restricted.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2386