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IA SF113

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Molly Donahue

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Repeals Code sections 279.77-279.80, eliminating requirements for schools to post instructional materials online, report student gender identity requests to parents, obtain parental consent for certain surveys, and prohibit gender identity/sexual orientation instruction in grades K-6

  • Repeals Code section 601.1, which established parents' fundamental right to make decisions affecting their minor children including medical care, education, and religious upbringing

  • Removes current requirements for school district library programs to contain only "age-appropriate" materials and strikes enforcement mechanisms including written warnings and disciplinary hearings for violations

  • Eliminates the State Board of Education's requirement to establish standards for school library collections including diverse fiction/nonfiction materials and annual updating plans

  • Requires special education students to obtain prior approval from the area education agency's director of special education before placement under competent private instruction

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to children and students, including by modifying provisions related to a parent's or guardian's rights to make decisions affecting the parent's or guardian's child, the educational program and human growth and development curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, student health screenings, school district library programs, special education, and other duties of school districts and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools.

Last Action

Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 153.

1/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Education1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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