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HSB 31Died when the session ended · January 28, 2025

Modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools

Topics:K–12 education

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2025
  4. Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
  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 Schools and private schools in Iowa would be allowed to start their calendars earlier in the year. Instead of waiting until August 23, classes could begin as soon as August or the first Wednesday after the Iowa State Fair ends.1

Read the official explanation

This bill modifies the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. Current law provides that the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall begin no sooner than August 23. The bill modifies this provision to provide that the school calendar shall, instead, begin no sooner than the earlier of August or the first Wednesday following the final day of the Iowa state fair.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 15, 2025. On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 22, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.10

How the Code works3

Lobbying

8 for · 3 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2010Cleared committee90th GA

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HSB 31Cleared committee

91st General Assembly

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 2010 Modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and…
    90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identical
    Cleared committee
  • HSB 603 HSB 603
    90th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee
  • HSB 585 HSB 585
    90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · similar
    Cleared committee

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