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

SF 2049: Relating to trainings, examinations, surveys, and screenings provided by governmental agencies and entities, school districts, charter schools, innovation zone schools, and public postsecondary educational institutions, including racism or sexism trainings, diversity and inclusion efforts, physical examinations, student health screenings, and surveys administered to students or related to students, and including civil 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 relates to trainings, examinations, surveys, and screenings provided by governmental agencies and entities, school districts, charter schools, innovation zone schools, and public postsecondary educational institutions, including racism or sexism trainings, diversity and inclusion efforts, physical examinations, student health screenings, and surveys administered to students or related to students.74 requires the superintendent of each school district to ensure that any curriculum or mandatory staff or student training provided by an employee of the school district or by a contractor hired by the school district does not teach, advocate, encourage, promote, or act upon specific stereotyping and scapegoating toward others on the basis of demographic group membership or identity.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2024

  • Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 13 against

For: Do No Harm Action; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition

Against: Common Good Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Safe Schools; Iowa State Education Association; Mensana Wellness Solutions; One Iowa; One Iowa Action; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; and 1 more

In plain words

  1. January 17, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. January 23, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Kraayenbrink, Quirmbach and Rozenboom

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/SF2049