Providing that public postsecondary institutions are prohibited from requiring students or employees to wear face masks or social distance off campus and only accredited private institutions that do not require students or employees to wear face masks or social distance off campus can qualify for the Iowa tuition grant program, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2021
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   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to face mask and social distance requirements imposed by community colleges, accredited private institutions, or regents universities on students and employees who are off campus. The bill directs the state board of regents to prohibit the universities under its control, and directs the board of directors of a community college to prohibit the community college, from requiring a student or employee who is off campus to wear a face mask for the purpose of blocking or reducing respiratory droplets or to social distance by maintaining a physical distance of at least six feet from any other individual to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or any other infectious disease.

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