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IA HF2217
Bill
Status
1/30/2026
Primary Sponsor
Ken Croken
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AI Summary
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Establishes a radon testing and mitigation grant program within the Iowa Department of Education to provide grants to school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to offset costs of radon testing and mitigation in attendance centers.
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Creates a school radon testing and mitigation grant program fund in the state treasury, with moneys that do not revert at fiscal year end and remain available for subsequent years.
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Requires all school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to establish radon testing plans, conduct short-term radon tests at each attendance center by July 1, 2027, and at least once every five years thereafter, with testing performed between October 1 and March 31.
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Mandates that testing results be published on school district or nonpublic school websites, reported to the Department of Health and Human Services, and treated as public records for school districts.
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Extends radon testing, reporting, and mitigation requirements to charter schools and innovation zone schools in the same manner as public school districts.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to radon testing in schools, including responsibilities of nonpublic schools, applicability to charter and innovation zone schools, establishing a school testing and mitigation of radon grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 184.
1/30/2026