HF 145: Relating to charter schools and nonpublic schools and sexual exploitation by a school employee, and making penalties applicable

What it does

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.

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Protect My Innocence; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

1. January 29, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee