SF 2200: Relating to school email security by requiring school districts, charter schools, and area education agencies to implement certain email security standards

What it does

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.

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

• Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Fortinet; Professional Educators of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 4, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Green, Rozenboom and Winckler
3. February 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes