Requiring regular meetings and special meetings of the boards of directors of school districts to include time for public comment

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 7, 2023
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 21, 2023
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   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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

This bill requires regular meetings and special meetings of the boards of directors of school districts to include at least minutes to receive public comment. The bill provides that the board shall allow each interested member of the public to speak during the public comment period, but may impose a time limit on the amount of time a member of the public is allowed to speak if the time limit is the same for each speaker and necessary due to the amount of people wishing to speak.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 10, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Dan Gehlbach REmail
• Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines DEmail
• Rep. Robert Henderson REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§279.2A

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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