All Roll Calls
Yes: 185 • No: 136
IowaHF 18991st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 1.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 08/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Signed by Governor
education
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Nonpublic students can play public sports
Beginning June 6, 2025, students who live in a district and attend a nonpublic school can join that district’s school sports if the district and the nonpublic school sign an agreement. The nonpublic school must not have offered that sport in the last two school years, and it cannot already have an eligibility agreement for that sport. If you live in a neighboring district, you can join under an agreement only if neither your nonpublic school nor your home district offered the sport in the last two school years. You must follow the same rules and student code of conduct as district students. If the district charges a participation fee, you or your parent pay up to the same fee district students pay. You are treated as meeting the residence rule for eligibility.
New school sports classification rules
Starting August 1, 2025, when counting students for sports classifications, organizations must add 25% of another school’s grades 9–11 enrollment if that school lets its students participate under sharing agreements. The count uses the most recent basic education data survey. For football, from August 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, organizations cannot change a school’s football class that was set before August 1, 2025 because of students who join under the new participation law. The freeze ends July 1, 2027.
New state rules for sports groups
Starting August 1, 2025, public schools can only take part in contests run by a group that registers with the Iowa Department of Education, files required financial statements, and follows State Board rules on administration, eligibility, and scheduling. State agencies, a single school or school board, and athletic conferences with 24 or fewer schools are not treated as covered organizations and do not have to register or file. This adds state oversight for larger groups that run school sports.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 31 • No: 13
House vote • 5/14/2025
Passed House
Yes: 59 • No: 26
House vote • 3/19/2025
Passed House
Yes: 63 • No: 33
legislature vote • 3/19/2025
Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1037, as amended
Yes: 32 • No: 64
Actions Timeline
Explanations of votes.
6/27/2025legislatureSigned by Governor.
6/6/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/27/2025SenateExplanation of vote.
5/20/2025legislatureMessage from House.
5/14/2025HouseImmediate message.
5/14/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 59, nays 26.
5/14/2025HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendment H-1355.
5/14/2025SenateSenate amendment H-1355 filed.
5/14/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
5/14/2025SenateImmediate message.
5/14/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 31, nays 13.
5/14/2025SenateAmendment S-3171 adopted, as amended.
5/14/2025legislatureAmendment S-3187 to S-3171 filed, adopted.
5/14/2025legislatureAmendments S-3176 lost.
5/14/2025legislatureAmendments S-3171 and S-3176 filed.
5/13/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar.
4/7/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/7/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/27/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 9:30AM Senate Lounge.
3/26/2025SenateSubcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Pike, and Zimmer.
3/26/2025legislatureExplanation of vote.
3/24/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Education.
3/20/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/20/2025House
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