HF 204: 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

What it does

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.

Lobbying · 0 for, 2 against

Against: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

In plain words

1. January 25, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee