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

SSB 3155: SSB 3155

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 elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements and teacher licensing requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level. The bill requires higher education institutions providing practitioner preparation programs to administer, prior to a student’s completion of the program, an examination identical to the foundations of reading assessment administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts tests for educator licensure, or the most current version of such assessment.

Cost

See the fiscal note

The fiscal impact to the State is estimated to be $430,000 in FY 2025. 0 new FTE positions and a $30,000 one-time cost to Iowa State University for redeveloping three of its courses. There may be a one-time fiscal impact to individual school districts.

Senate subcommittee · named February 6, 2024

Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Amplify Education, Inc.; Decoding Dyslexia Iowa; Governor's Office; Inspired Life; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Department of Education; Professional Educators of Iowa

In plain words

February 6, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
February 6, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Cournoyer and Quirmbach
February 13, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes