89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 2071: Relating to the health and human growth and development instruction provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools

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 relates to the health and human growth and development instruction provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. The bill requires that the curriculum taught in kindergarten and grades one through six in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools include instruction in identifying parts of the body. The bill also requires that the curriculum taught in kindergarten and grades one through six in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the importance of empathy and how to establish and respect physical boundaries.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 24, 2022

Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa School Mental Health Alliance; Iowa State Education Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Planned Parenthood North Central States; Please Pass the Love; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa

In plain words

January 19, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
January 24, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Rozenboom and Trone Garriott