All Roll Calls
Yes: 137 • No: 86
IowaHF 31691st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act relating to career education, including middle school career exploration and industry-recognized credential seals and certificates for high school students. (Formerly HSB 44.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Signed by Governor
education
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Districts fund these state education mandates
Beginning July 1, 2025, school districts must pay the state‑mandated costs in this law from their state school foundation aid. The state does not provide extra money for full implementation. The law states this meets the state’s funding duty for mandates.
Computer science in at least one grade
The law requires each district to offer computer science that meets state standards in at least one grade. This requirement remains in effect and is reaffirmed. It applies beginning July 1, 2025.
Earlier career lessons in grades 5-8
Beginning July 1, 2025, public schools must teach career planning in grades 5 and 6. Lessons include career investigation, connections, and intentions to support each student’s career and academic plan. In grades 7 and 8, public schools must teach career exploration and development. Middle school lessons include core CTE concepts, twenty‑first century skills, and local and statewide job options, and prepare students to build a plan. These middle school career lessons do not apply to nonpublic schools.
State seal for high school job credentials
Beginning July 1, 2025, the state posts a list of industry credentials students in grades 9–12 can earn. The Department gives schools an official seal to mark these credentials. Districts must report which students earn a listed, CTE‑aligned credential, and those reports are confidential and not public records. Graduates who earned one get the seal on their transcript or a sealed certificate.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 45 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/10/2025
Amendment H-1034
Yes: 31 • No: 58
House vote • 3/10/2025
Passed House
Yes: 61 • No: 28
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/6/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/6/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
4/15/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/14/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar.
4/7/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/7/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
4/2/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/31/2025legislatureExplanation of vote.
3/18/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Trone Garriott.
3/12/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Education.
3/10/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/10/2025HouseImmediate message.
3/10/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 61, nays 28.
3/10/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
3/10/2025legislatureAmendment H-1034, yeas 31, nays 58, lost.
3/10/2025legislatureAmendment H-1034 filed.
3/6/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/10/2025legislature
Bill Text
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Enrolled
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