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Relating to social studies instruction in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: HF 12
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: House committeeJanuary 24, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Schools that receive public funding must change how they teach United States government. Teachers will need to include a comparison of political ideas that go against the principles of freedom and democracy used to found the country. This rule applies to public schools, charter schools, and accredited private schools.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to social studies instruction in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools. The bill requires that the one-half unit of United States government that is required to be taught in grades through in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools shall include a comparative discussion of political ideologies that conflict with the principles of freedom and democracy that were essential to the founding of the United States.
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 18, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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