Relating to education, including modifying provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools, agreements between school districts and community colleges to teach certain courses, and required courses in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in one classroom

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2023
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 23, 2023
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 7, 202333–16
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 202362–34
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 11, 2023
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 26, 2023

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 21

6 adopted · 8 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-1252 · filed April 18, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment removes a specific section of the bill. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• S-3135 · filed April 17, 2023 by Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R)

  AI summary This amendment removes a specific section of the bill. It does not change any other parts of the text. Its wording →
  Adopted
  April 17, 2023
• S-3065 · filed March 13, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment removes several sections of the bill and changes a specific list of items and a number from two to three. Its wording →
  Adopted
  April 17, 2023
• H-1081 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary The amendment removes specific text from the bill and renumbers the remaining sections. The provided text does not contain enough information to determine exactly which rules or requirements are being changed. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 9, 2023
• H-1079 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the rule for which former public librarians can serve as teacher librarians. It specifies that they must be licensed as teacher librarians by the board of educational examiners. Its wording →
  Failed
  63–
  March 9, 2023
• H-1078 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that a school district must show it made a good faith effort to hire a licensed teacher for a science or math unit before it can use the alternative teaching method. It also changes the lettering used for the sub-sections in that part of the bill. Its wording →
  Failed
  63–
  March 9, 2023
• H-1077 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the requirement for school librarians so that they must be licensed by the board of educational examiners. Its wording →
  Failed
  63–
  March 9, 2023
• H-1076 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the deadline from August 23 to the Monday immediately following the end of the Iowa State Fair. Its wording →
  Failed
  62–
  March 9, 2023
• H-1075 · filed March 9, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the wording of the bill to refer to guidance counselors as guidance school counselors. It also updates the list of staff members that schools can add to meet certain requirements. Its wording →
  Failed
  61–
  March 9, 2023
• H-1074 · filed March 8, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment removes a section of the bill and changes a list of items and a number from two to three. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 9, 2023
• H-1073Strike everything · filed March 8, 2023 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and focuses only on rules regarding comprehensive school improvement plans. It requires schools to include specific information in these plans, such as lists of online courses, strategies for reading proficiency, plans for at-risk children, and anti-bullying policies. It also requires that teacher mentoring, professional development, and administrator mentoring plans be included as part of the school district's comprehensive school improvement plan. Its wording →

  Amends this HF 327 to CONFORM to SF 391
  Adopted
  March 9, 2023
• S-3048 · filed March 7, 2023 by Sen. Liz Bennett (D)

  AI summary This amendment removes the section of the bill that allows students to be excused from physical education if they participate in certain school-sponsored activities. Its wording →
  Failed
  March 7, 2023
• S-3047 · filed March 7, 2023 by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)

  AI summary This amendment removes the parts of the bill that change the rules for hiring teacher librarians and guidance counselors. Its wording →
  Failed
  March 7, 2023
• S-3046 · filed March 7, 2023 by Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D)

  AI summary This amendment removes several specific paragraphs and sections from the bill. It also changes a single word from "are" to "is" and deletes two specific groups of lines. Its wording →
  Failed
  March 7, 2023
• S-3042 · filed March 7, 2023 by Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R)

  AI summary This amendment adds exceptions to the rules regarding internet learning. It also updates the personal finance literacy graduation requirement to specify exactly which topics must be covered in the curriculum and allows the course to count as one-half unit of social studies. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 7, 2023
• H-1062 · filed March 7, 2023 by

  Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 6 and inserting: “___. Page 9, by striking lines 7 through 12 and inserting: “a. The school district has made every reasonable and good faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under… (6 changes)
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023
• H-1058 · filed March 6, 2023 by

  By striking page 8, line 20, through page 10, line (3 changes)
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023
• H-1057 · filed March 6, 2023 by

  Page 7, line 31, by striking “August 23” and inserting “August 23 the Monday immediately following the completion of the annual fair and exposition held by the Iowa state fair board pursuant to chapter 173”
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023
• H-1056 · filed March 6, 2023 by

  Page 7, line 10, by striking “guidance” and inserting “guidance school” (4 changes)
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023
• H-1055 · filed March 6, 2023 by

  Page 6, by striking lines 15 through 18 and inserting “shall have employ a qualified teacher librarian who shall be licensed by the board of educational examiners under chapter (2 changes)
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023
• H-1054 · filed March 6, 2023 by

  Page 8, line 1, after “internet” by inserting “except as otherwise provided in section 256.43 or in rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 32” (5 changes)
  Ruled out of order
  March 9, 2023