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HF 555Died when the session ended · February 24, 2025

Modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent

Sponsored by Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R)

Topics:K–12 education

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary When a student is missing too much school, school officials must notify their parents or guardians. Instead of using certified mail, officials would now send these notices through regular mail and email if they have an email address on file. This change affects how schools communicate with families about attendance and school rules.1

Read the official explanation

This bill modifies provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.12 (failure to attend), a school official is required to send a notice by certified mail to the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian, if the child is not an emancipated minor, or to the child, if the child is an emancipated minor, that includes information related to the child’s absences from school and the policies and disciplinary processes associated with additional absences. The bill modifies this provision to provide that the school official is required to send the notice by ordinary mail and by electronic mail, if the school official knows the electronic mail address.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§299.12

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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