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IA SSB3042
SB
AI Summary
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School districts must develop an advanced mathematics pathway enabling students to enroll in algebra I as early as middle school and complete it no later than grade 9, with automatic enrollment for students meeting certain criteria.
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Requires school districts to establish systematic procedures for screening, identifying, and serving gifted and talented children in grades K-12, using multiple data sources including standardized assessments, cognitive ability, and teacher/parent input.
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Prohibits any single criterion from disqualifying a student from participating in gifted and talented programs, and requires districts to make reasonable efforts to identify gifted students among all populations including special education and English learners.
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Mandates that educational services for gifted and talented children address cognitive and affective needs, align with identification data, and be reviewed at least annually to ensure academic growth.
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Expands the Iowa statewide assessment by requiring science assessments for students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (changing from grades 5, 8, and 10) during the last quarter of the school year.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration.(See SF 2220.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2220.
2/4/2026