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

SF 371: Relating to probationary periods for school district administrators

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 reduces, from three years to two years, the probationary period a school administrator must serve and authorizes a school board to waive the probationary period for an administrator who previously served a probationary period in another school district.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 26, 2019

  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Craig Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 25, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 26, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Celsi and Johnson
  3. February 28, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF371