SF 2212: Relating to interscholastic athletic scrimmages between schools and nonaccredited home school sports organizations, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to interscholastic athletic scrimmages between schools and nonaccredited home school sports organizations.13 to participate in interscholastic athletic scrimmages with nonaccredited home school sports organizations.13.13, an organization is a corporation, association, or organization that has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions. The bill defines “scrimmage” as a noncompetitive, practice-oriented interscholastic event between teams that simulates game conditions solely for the purpose of evaluating and developing team strategies, individual skills, and conditioning.

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

• Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: Homeschool Iowa; Iowa Association of Christian Schools

Against: Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council

In plain words

1. February 5, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Pike, Donahue and Salmon
3. February 17, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
4. February 19, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2392