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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 217: Relating to surveys administered to students or school employees

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

What it does

This bill relates to surveys administered to students or school employees. The bill requires school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to assist the department of health and human services in the administration of the Iowa youth survey, which is administered every two years to students enrolled in grades 6, 8, and 11, and contains questions related to student health behaviors and experiences. Schools are required to report the results of the Iowa youth survey to the department of education and the department of health and human services.

Sponsors

Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 11, 2025

  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against

For: Iowa Safe Schools

Against: One Iowa; One Iowa Action

In plain words

  1. February 5, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 11, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink and Trone Garriott

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF217