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Relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics
Sponsored by Rep. Thomas Jay Moore (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202595–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 18, 202546–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMay 27, 2025
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What’s in it
This bill relates to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education (DE) to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organization and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics. The bill requires DE to provide educational resources and technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations that comply with federal law and rules adopted by the state board, including organizations related to robotics and robotics teams and competitions.
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The bill provides that high school athletic organizations that receive moneys from a school district to pay dues or membership fees, or moneys from a nonpublic school originating from the state to pay dues or membership fees, may sponsor or administer interscholastic contests or competitions related to robotics.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
House subcommittee
Named February 6, 2025. On February 13, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§280.13D
Amends§256.9
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Lobbying
10 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SF 264 Relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of edu…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 398 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2431 Relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of edu…90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- SF 398 Relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of edu…90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · nearly identicalPassed a chamber
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.