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Establishing a graduation requirement for instruction related to food nutrition and preparation
Sponsored by Sen. Annette Sweeney (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Starting with the class of 2031, students in Iowa public and private schools must complete a course about food nutrition and preparation to graduate. Students can meet this requirement by taking one semester of this instruction during seventh or eighth grade. School districts will use state foundation aid to pay for the costs of this new requirement.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a graduation requirement for instruction related to food nutrition and preparation. School districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools are to require students, beginning with students in the 2030-2031 graduating class, in grades through to complete as a condition of graduation one-half unit of instruction related to food nutrition and preparation. A student may satisfy this graduation requirement by completing one semester of instruction related to food nutrition and preparation in grade seven or eight. 3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 12, 2026. On February 17, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 17, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site