IA HF2512

Educator licenses and certificates may be revoked or denied for publicly celebrating acts of politically motivated violence, including specifically the killing of Charles J. Kirk, through social media, public statements, or any medium accessible to students or the public.

"Celebrate" is defined to include expressions of approval, joy, or satisfaction, with explicit examples such as "Good riddance," "One less fascist," and "He deserved it" listed as grounds for disqualification.

Teachers and administrators face mandatory license revocation for encouraging or leading student protests, defined as coordinated events of three or more students leaving classrooms to protest any school, local, state, or federal policy, or social issue.

School districts must count student protest participation as unexcused absences and extend the school calendar by one day for each day a protest occurs at any attendance center.

The bill includes retroactive applicability provisions and takes effect upon enactment, while also stating that licenses cannot be revoked solely for First Amendment-protected speech or religious, political, or ideological viewpoints—though the violence-celebration provision explicitly overrides this protection.