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Yesterday, the Legislature adjourned the 2023 session of the 90th General Assembly Sine Die shortly after noon. Before leaving town, Legislators completed work on several policy and appropriations bills, including:
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HF430: relating to education, including requirements related to mandatory reporters, a process for investigating complaints against school employees, and the responsibilities of the department of education, school districts, charter schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and the board of educational examiners.
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HF602: relating to the inclusion of the crisis hotline telephone and text numbers and internet address for the your life Iowa program or successor program on public school student identification cards and including applicability provisions.
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HF604: relating to education, including authorizing the ombudsman to investigate complaints received by individuals who hold a license, certificate, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, modifying the responsibilities of school districts and charter schools, and authorizing teachers employed by school districts or charter schools to remove disruptive students from the classroom.
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HF672: relating to certain specified employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, including renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners with master’s or doctoral degrees, fees associated with the review of certain specified records, and background checks for employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
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SF560: relating to and making appropriations to the education system.
The Governor also signed several bills into law this week:
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HF256: relating to the minimum age of applicants for licenses from the board of educational examiners.
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SF250: relating to disbursements from the computer science professional development incentive fund and including applicability provisions.
You can track the status of enrolled legislation on the Legislative Services Agency website, which shows the date on which a bill is passed, signed, and effective.
As mentioned in a previous newsletter, we will be developing a comprehensive report summarizing legislation relevant to the Department and education stakeholders, which will be released once enrolled bills are signed into law. This report will also indicate whether rules and/or guidance stemming from the legislation will be forthcoming.
This will be the last Legislative Update for the year. I appreciate you all taking the time to read this publication and hope you found it informative. Please feel free to reach out with questions, comments, or feedback.
Eric St Clair
Legislative Liaison
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
515-326-0274
eric.stclair@iowa.gov
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