SF 2369: Relating to education, including establishing a student first scholarship program, a student first operational sharing fund, and a process for investigating complaints against licensed practitioners, modifying provisions related to supplementary weighting, the rights of students enrolled in school districts or charter schools, the rights of parents and guardians of those students, social studies instruction, open enrollment, competent private instruction, special education, practitioner preparation programs, mandatory reporters, and the responsibilities of the department of education, school districts, charter schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and the board of educational examiners, and including notice, effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

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.

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. March 1, 2022Filed in the Senate
2. March 1, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
3. March 30, 2022Passed the Senate, 31–18
4. April 4, 2022Arrived in the House