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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 878: Requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer and teach in grades nine through twelve one unit of the history of refugee migration in and to the United States

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 it does

This bill requires, within the five units of social studies required under Iowa’s educational standards, school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer and teach one unit of instruction in the history of refugee migration within and immigration to the United States in grades through 12. Currently, high school students are required to take three years of social studies, including one-half unit of United States government and a unit of United States history.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.

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Cost

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In plain words

  1. April 21, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee

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/89/HF878