90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 66: Relating to the health and human growth and development instruction provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools

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 relates to the health and human growth and development instruction provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. The bill requires that the curriculum taught in kindergarten and grades one through six in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools include instruction in identifying parts of the body. The bill also requires that the curriculum taught in kindergarten and grades one through six in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the importance of empathy and how to establish and respect physical boundaries.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2023

Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Family Planning Council of Iowa; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa State Education Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa

In plain words

January 12, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
January 17, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Celsi and Kraayenbrink