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Relating to school email security by requiring school districts, charter schools, and area education agencies to implement certain email security standards
Sponsored by Sen. Jesse Green (R)
Topics:K–12 educationSchool funding
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 student email security, including requiring school districts, charter schools, and area education agencies to implement certain email security standards. The bill requires school districts, charter schools, and area education agencies to implement student email security solutions by January 1, 2027. The solutions must include inbound and outbound email filtering for spam, malware, phishing, ransomware, and advanced threats; artificial intelligence-driven threat detection; full-spectrum impersonation protection; data loss prevention scanning for personally identifiable information, protected health information, and student records; policy-based encryption of sensitive outbound emails; quarantine and end-user self-service portals; directory service integration; comprehensive logging and reporting; and support for integration with productivity platforms.
Read the full explanation
A school district, charter school, or area education agency is noncompliant if its email security solution does not meet the requirements of the bill.3.35.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of school districts and area education agencies to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.
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 February 10, 2026. On February 12, 2026 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§279.89
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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