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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2356: Relating to the education of students with characteristics of dyslexia and to the preparation and licensure of practitioners for such instruction, and establishing an Iowa dyslexia board

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Cost: up to $810,000

The Act requires the BOEE to adopt rules establishing an advanced Dyslexia Specialist endorsement. The IRRC-estimated cost to develop the curriculum for the endorsement is $250,000. The Act does not include an appropriation for the AEAs. The annual cost to hir…

House subcommittee · named March 3, 2020

  • Rep. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Holly Brink (R)
  • Rep. Lindsay James (D) · lindsay.james@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Decoding Dyslexia Iowa; Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

  1. February 20, 2020Filed in the Senate
  2. February 20, 2020Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 26, 2020Passed the Senate, 49–0
  4. March 2, 2020Arrived in the House
  5. March 3, 2020House subcommittee named: Salmon, Brink and James
  6. March 11, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  7. May 5, 2020Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. June 3, 2020Approved by the House committee
  9. June 10, 2020Passed the House
  10. June 11, 2020Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  11. June 11, 2020Passed the Senate, 49–0
  12. June 16, 2020Sent to the Governor
  13. June 17, 2020Signed into law
  14. June 18, 2020Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF2356