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IA HF2336
Bill
Status
3/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Education
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AI Summary
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Iowa Department of Education must annually distribute U.S. Department of Education guidance on constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression to all school board members, superintendents, principals, and teachers in public schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
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School districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools are prohibited from discriminating against or penalizing students for engaging in religious, political, or ideological speech or expression in the same manner other students are allowed to speak at school.
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Students must be permitted to express religious, political, or ideological viewpoints in classroom discussions, homework assignments, artwork, and presentations without academic penalties based on the content of those viewpoints.
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The Department of Education must develop and distribute a professional development training program and model policy regarding constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression for schools to adopt.
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Civil penalties may be imposed for violations of the protected speech and expression requirements established under the new section 279.89.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools and the duties of the department of education, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 2106.)
Last Action
Read first time, attached to SF 2300. S.J. 460.
3/4/2026