88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 61: Relating to the Iowa core curriculum and content standards applicable to students in kindergarten through grade twelve and including effective date provisions

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 makes voluntary the use by school districts of the core curriculum and content standards adopted by the state board of education, but continues to direct the state board of education to adopt the common core standards and high school graduation requirements. The bill requires the state board to adopt rules prohibiting the department from adopting and implementing mandatory statewide core curriculum standards. Schools may utilize the core curriculum standards, and are encouraged to set higher expectations in locally developed content standards, but schools shall not be required to report locally developed standards to the department.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 24, 2019

Rep. Norlin G. Mommsen (R) · norlin.mommsen@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D) · tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa (R)

Lobbying · 0 for, 9 against

Against: Des Moines Public Schools; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Iowa Talented and Gifted Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

January 23, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
January 24, 2019House subcommittee named: Mommsen, Ehlert and Hanusa