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IA HF2510
Bill
Status
3/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Education
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AI Summary
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Requires K-12 social studies curriculum to emphasize "good, worthwhile, and best achievements" of western civilization, the United States, and Iowa, focusing on secular and religious ideals of liberty.
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Mandates grades 5-6 instruction on 14 specific historical documents including the Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Emancipation Proclamation, and George Washington's farewell address.
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Requires high school civics instruction covering the intellectual sources of founding documents, the American Revolution, original intent of the Constitution, and comparison of republican government with dictatorship, monarchy, communism, and other systems.
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Specifies instruction on "exemplary figures" and "admirable Americans" including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Abraham Lincoln.
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Applies to both K-12 public schools and educational programs at institutions under the State Board of Regents (Iowa's public universities).
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the educational programs provided by the institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents. (Formerly HSB 714.)
Last Action
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. S.J. 555.
3/11/2026