IA SF217

Requires school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to assist the Department of Health and Human Services in administering the Iowa youth survey, which is given every two years to students in grades 6, 8, and 11

Mandates that schools report Iowa youth survey results to both the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services, with reports prohibited from containing any personally identifiable student information

Repeals Code section 279.79, which currently requires schools to obtain prior written parental consent before administering surveys that reveal information on certain specified subjects

Eliminates the current prohibition on school employees and contractors answering survey questions about a particular student's social or emotional abilities, competencies, or characteristics without meeting specific requirements

Removes compliance requirements related to the repealed survey consent provisions for charter schools and innovation zone schools