88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HF 428: Relating to the core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills adopted or defined by the state board of education
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 modifies Code provisions relating to the core curriculum to eliminate language that requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to utilize statewide core curriculum standards adopted by the state board of education and instead authorizes the state board to establish a core curriculum that school districts and accredited nonpublic schools may voluntarily utilize. The bill prohibits the state board of education from adopting, and the department of education from authorizing or requiring, statewide core social studies standards for kindergarten through grade 12.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named February 21, 2019
- Rep. Tom Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Cecil Dolecheck (R)
- Rep. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 7 against
Against: Des Moines Public Schools; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa
In plain words
- February 19, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
- February 21, 2019House subcommittee named: Moore, T., Dolecheck and Winckler
- March 26, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
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/HF428