HSB 725: HSB 725

What it does

_____ and legal custodians to execute documents to verify student information. The bill provides that a diploma or credential issued by a person who administers a program of secondary education under competent private instruction or independent private instruction pursuant to Code chapter 299A (private instruction) shall be deemed sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient has completed the program of secondary education and has attained the equivalent of a high school diploma. The bill prohibits the state, a political subdivision of the state, institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents, or an accredited private institution from discriminating against any individual based on the source of the individual’s diploma or credential and shall treat a diploma or credential awarded for completion of a program of secondary education under competent private instruction or independent private instruction the same as a high school diploma awarded by a school district or accredited nonpublic school.

House subcommittee · named February 16, 2022

• Rep. Henry Stone (R) · henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Jacob Bossman (R) · jacob.bossman@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Sharon Sue Steckman (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Homeschool Iowa

In plain words

1. February 16, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
2. February 16, 2022House subcommittee named: Stone, Bossman and Steckman