HF 2610: Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges

What it does

This bill relates to career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges. The bill renames the career and technical education service areas as content areas and requires the department of education to ensure that the six career and technical education content areas in the high school career and technical education program are aligned to a national framework representative of all career pathways.

House subcommittee · named February 4, 2026

• Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Daniel Gosa (D) · daniel.gosa@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Henry Stone (R) · henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 4, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee · as HSB 675
2. February 4, 2026House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Gosa and Stone · as HSB 675
3. February 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 675
4. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 675
5. February 16, 2026Committee vote: 23–0 · as HSB 675
6. February 19, 2026Filed in the House
7. February 19, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2610 · as HSB 675
8. March 3, 2026Passed the House, 95–0
9. March 4, 2026Arrived in the Senate
10. March 4, 2026Took the place of SF 2391 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
11. March 4, 2026Passed the Senate, 45–0
12. May 6, 2026Sent to the Governor
13. June 2, 2026Signed into law