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SF 205Died when the session ended · February 4, 2025

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

Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: SSB 1036

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Also covers SSB 1036.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 4, 2025
  4. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  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 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 school year a little earlier. Instead of waiting until August 23, classes could start on the Monday before the last Monday of August.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 Monday immediately preceding the last Monday in August.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2026. On January 21, 2026 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.10

How the Code works3

Lobbying

10 for · 4 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HSB 603Cleared committee90th GASF 2010Cleared committee90th GA

Study bill

SSB 1036Renumbered

91st General Assembly

SF 205Cleared committeefrom SSB 1036

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 · very similar
    Cleared committee
  • HSB 603 HSB 603
    90th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
    Cleared committee

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