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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2681: Relating to video recording systems in special education classrooms

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to install a video recording system in each special education classroom in each attendance center. Such video recording system, and any recordings created by such video recording system, must be consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal privacy laws.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of school districts to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.

Sponsors

Rep. Brooke Boden (R)

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 2681 is expected to have no fiscal impact to the Department of Education. 7 million. There will be ongoing replacement and maintenance costs; however, these cannot be estimated.

Lobbying · 1 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council

Against: Area Education Agencies of Iowa; Disability Rights Iowa; Iowa Association of School Boards; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 23, 2026Filed in the House
  2. March 11, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2681