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

SF 389: Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group

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 it does

This bill directs the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group. The bill requires the working group to study any disparities in academic performance between different racial or ethnic groups of students in grades kindergarten through 12. The bill establishes that if the working group determines that such disparities exist, the emphasis of the working group shall be to study potential causes of the disparities and what specific steps can be taken to reduce the disparities.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 12 for, 0 against

For: Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa State Education Association; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 23, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. February 23, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Education committee

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/SF389