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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2547: Relating to education, including by requiring school engagement meetings and attendance cooperation proceedings when children are absent from school, requiring school districts to restrict student use of cellular phones and smartphones, modifying provisions related to open enrollment of truant students, and modifying penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires the development of an attendance improvement plan when a student is chronically absent from school. The bill provides that, when a student who is enrolled in a public school was absent from school for at least percent of the school days in the prior school year for any reason, the student or the student’s parent, guardian, or custodian, as applicable, a representative of the public school, and a representative of the county attorney of a county in which the public school is located shall meet to discuss how to improve the student’s attendance, create an attendance improvement plan, and sign the attendance improvement plan.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 14, 2024

  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Eric Giddens (D)

Lobbying · 3 for, 4 against

For: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Professional Educators of Iowa

Against: Disability Rights Iowa; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

  1. February 15, 2024Filed in the House
  2. March 12, 2024Passed the House, 73–22
  3. March 13, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 14, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Cournoyer and Giddens
  5. March 14, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/90/HF2547