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IA SF8
Bill
Status
1/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jesse Green
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AI Summary
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Prohibits school districts and charter schools from disciplining employees, contractors, or students for addressing others by their legal name or the name listed in school registration forms and records
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Prohibits disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for refusing to disclose or use personal pronouns in greetings or signature blocks of official communications, including letters, forms, notes, or email
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Defines "disciplinary action" to include termination, suspension, demotion, expulsion, detention, financial penalties, and written or verbal reprimands
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Allows terminated employees to file civil lawsuits seeking reinstatement, back pay, and civil damages up to three times their annual wages and benefits, plus attorney fees and costs
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Applies the same requirements to charter schools as to public school districts under Iowa Code section 256E.7
Legislative Description
A bill for an act prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of legal names, the use of student names as listed in school registration forms or records, or for the failure to use personal pronouns in official communications, and providing civil penalties.
Last Action
Referred to Education. S.J. 1057.
6/16/2025