Modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2025
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   Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
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

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What’s in it

This bill modifies school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service. Current law requires the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age to cause the child to attend public school or an accredited nonpublic school, or place the child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction, during a school year.24 (religious groups exempted from school standards).

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 14, 2025. On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Helena Hayes REmail
• Rep. Eric J. Gjerde DEmail
• Rep. Ryan Weldon REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§299.2

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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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