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

HSB 680: HSB 680

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 provides for the development and dissemination of a parent resource for the parents and guardians of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; requires the director of the department of education to employ an early language development coordinator, provides for the identification of tools or assessments educators can use to assess the language and literacy development of such children from birth to eight years of age; requires, if such a child is not meeting language development milestones, that the child’s individualized family service plan (IFSP) or individualized education program (IEP) team explain in detail the reasons why the child is not meeting the milestones and submit modifications to the plan to assist the child in achieving English literacy proficiency; and provides for the establishment of an advisory committee for purposes of soliciting input from experts on the selection of language developmental milestones for such children that are equivalent to milestones for children who are not deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 2539 as amended is estimated to increase DE costs by $879,000 in FY 2021, as detailed in the table below.

House subcommittee · named February 12, 2020

Rep. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Tedd Gassman (R)
Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D) · ruth.ann.gaines@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Iowa Speech Language Hearing Association; Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

February 12, 2020House subcommittee named: Salmon, Gassman and Gaines
February 17, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
February 19, 2020Approved by the House committee