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

SF 2349: Relating to education, including establishing a student first scholarship program and a student first enrollment supplement fund, requiring the boards of directors of school districts to publish certain specified information, modifying provisions related to required social studies instruction, open enrollment, teacher librarian endorsements, competent private instruction, and special education, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

Became SF 2369 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to education, including establishing a student first scholarship program and a student first enrollment supplement fund, requiring the boards of directors of school districts to publish certain specified information, and modifying provisions related to required social studies instruction, open enrollment, teacher librarian endorsements, competent private instruction, and special education. DIVISION I —— SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPARENCY.11, information related to all educational materials used for student instruction in each class in the school district, the procedures for the review and approval of all educational materials used for student instruction, a list of all books available to students in libraries operated by the school district, and a flowchart developed by the department of education showing the procedures for the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district to request the removal of a book that is available to students in a library operated by the school district.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 22, 2022

  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)

Lobbying · 10 for, 22 against

For: American Federation for Children; Americans For Prosperity; EdChoice; Faith & Freedom Coalition; Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Catholic Conference; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; Yes. Every Kid.

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Area Education Agencies of Iowa; Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Annual Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Library Association (ILA); Iowa Safe Schools; Iowa School Mental Health Alliance; and 10 more

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 21, 2022Sent to the Senate Appropriations committee
  4. February 22, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Celsi and Cournoyer
  5. February 23, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  6. March 1, 2022Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2369

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/SF2349