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

HF 612: Relating to the career and technical education unit requirements for school districts under the educational standards

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 requires each school district to offer and teach an introductory automotive technology unit designed to prepare students to enroll in a community college to continue with coursework that is automotive service excellence certified by the national automotive technicians education foundation. A school district may enter into agreements with community colleges for the provision of the unit. The unit of introductory automotive technology is in addition to the current requirements for sequential units of career and technical education coursework.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 5, 2019

Rep. Tedd Gassman (R)
Rep. Tom Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against

For: Iowa State Education Association

Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

March 5, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
March 5, 2019House subcommittee named: Gassman, Moore, T. and Winckler