91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2405: Relating to trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by public institutions of higher education and school districts
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 trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by public institutions of higher education and school districts.74(2) requires the superintendent of each school district to ensure that any curriculum or mandatory staff or student training provided by an employee or by a contractor does not teach, advocate, encourage, promote, or act upon specific stereotyping and scapegoating toward others on the basis of demographic group membership or identity.74(3) requires school district diversity and inclusion efforts to discourage students from discriminating against another by political ideology or any characteristic protected under federal law or applicable state law.
Sponsors
Sen. Sandy Salmon (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 4 for, 14 against
For: Inspired Life; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; VALOR Iowa
Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Safe Schools; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; One Iowa; One Iowa Action; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; and 2 more
In plain words
- February 19, 2026Filed in the Senate
- February 19, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
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/SF2405