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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SSB 1213: SSB 1213

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 violations of the educational laws of Iowa by providing for grounds for professional misconduct for school district superintendents and removal from office for school board members. Code chapter provides that any appointive or elective officer, except such as may be removed only by impeachment, holding any public office in the state or in any division or municipality thereof, may, upon the filing of a qualifying petition, be removed from office by the district court for any of a list of specified reasons.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2021

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 0 for, 9 against

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 17, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 18, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Quirmbach and Zaun

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SSB1213