Relating to charter schools and nonpublic schools and sexual exploitation by a school employee, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to charter schools and nonpublic schools and sexual exploitation by a school employee. Current law does not include employees or contractors of charter schools or accredited nonpublic schools in the definition of “school employee” for purposes of criminalizing sexual exploitation of a student by a school employee.15: a person employed by a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school full-time, part-time, or as a substitute; a person who performs services as a volunteer for a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school and who has direct supervisory authority over the student with whom the person engages in prohibited conduct; and a person who provides services under a contract for such services to a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school and who has direct supervisory authority over the student with whom the person engages in prohibited conduct.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§709.15

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