Bills › 89th General Assembly
Providing that the United States history unit requirement under the state’s educational standards must include instruction in African American history
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
AI summary Iowa schools would be required to teach African American history as part of their United States history lessons. To pay for this change, school districts would use some of the state funding they already receive.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires that the unit of United States history, currently required under the state’s educational standards, shall include instruction in African American history. The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under Code section 257.16. The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.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.
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§256.11
Family tree
Tried before
89th General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2385 Requiring that the United States history unit requirement under the state’s educational st…88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 194 Directing that students be required to read and demonstrate comprehension of excerpts from…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 441 Relating to kindergarten programs offered by school districts88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 880 Requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to offer and teach one unit of…89th General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
- SF 2351 Requiring cursive instruction for students enrolled in public elementary schools89th General Assembly · Approved by committeeSimilar
- HF 2178 Relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts90th General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
Matched by wording or an identical title.