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SF 102Died when the session ended · January 22, 2025

Relating to public school personnel training concerning mental health

Sponsored by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)

Topics:K–12 educationHealth careMental health & addiction

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to public school personnel training concerning mental health. The bill requires each board of directors of a school district by July 1, 2026, to require annual, evidence-based training on educator mental wellness and self-identification and mitigation of negative mental health symptoms for all school personnel who hold a license, certificate, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners and who have regular contact with students in kindergarten through grade 12.

Read the full explanation

The bill makes a similar requirement for training on student social and emotional wellness and the identification and mitigation of negative mental health symptoms in students. The content of each type of training must be based on nationally recognized best practices. The bill directs the state board of education to adopt rules to determine the qualifications required of a person who conducts each type of training. The bill requires training on educator mental wellness to take place within the first days of the beginning of a school calendar, and training on student social and emotional wellness to take place in January or February.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named January 28, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.70

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

8 for · 3 against · 0 undecided · Who →

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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.

Tried before

SF 296Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 102Cleared committee

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Tried before

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

  • SF 296 Relating to public school personnel training concerning mental health
    90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.