Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

The proceeds of loans issued to school districts pursuant to section 279.48 or 279.52 shall be deposited into either the general fund of a school district or the physical plant and equipment levy fund. The board of directors shall expend the amount of the principal and interest d…

1. The general assembly finds and declares that the students and the administrative and instructional staffs of Iowa’s public schools have the right to be safe and secure at school. Gang-related apparel worn at school draws attention away from the school’s learning environment an…

The board of directors of a school district shall provide not-for-profit, professional education associations that offer membership to teachers or administrators equal access to teacher or administrator mailboxes for distribution of professional literature. 2001 Acts, ch 159, §11…

1. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b” and subsection 2 , vacancies occurring among the officers or members of a school board shall be filled by the board by appointment. A person so appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall hold office until a successor is elect…

1. Each school district shall administer the teaching strategies gold early childhood assessment to every resident prekindergarten or four-year-old child whose parent or guardian enrolls the child in the district, and shall administer a valid and reliable universal screening inst…

1. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in grade eight to develop an individualized career and academic plan to guide the student. a. The plan shall b…

The board of directors of a school district may take action to adopt a resolution to establish, and authorize expenditures for the operational support of, an entity or organization for the sole benefit of the school district and its students that is exempt from federal income tax…

1. The board of directors of each public school district shall develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report on an annual basis. The objective of the financial report shall be to facilitate public access to a variety of information and statistics relating to the education …

A school district may enter into an agreement under chapter 28E with a contiguous school district for the purpose of sharing all or a percentage of school district taxes collected from that portion of valuation described in section 403.19, subsection 2 , that is released by the m…

1. Annually, on or before the beginning of the school calendar, each school district shall publish one or more student handbooks and provide to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the school district a printed or electronic copy of a student handbook that includes …

The board of directors of each school district shall adopt, in collaboration with teachers and administrative staff employed by the school district, policies for different grade levels that describe how a school district may discipline a student for making a threat of violence or…

1. The board of directors of a school district shall review and modify existing policies related to student discipline and student conduct that are designed to promote responsible behavior on school property and at school functions in order that the policy shall govern the conduc…

It is the goal of this state that every employee of a public school corporation be provided with a competitive living wage. 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §57

1. Reading proficiency, assessments, and parental notification. a. A school district shall assess all students enrolled in kindergarten through grade three at the beginning of each school year for their level of reading or reading readiness on locally determined or statewide asse…

1. Each school district shall assess all students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six at least three times each school year to determine the students’ level of mathematics proficiency by administering a mathematics screener that is on the list developed by the department o…

1. Prior to hiring an applicant for a school employee position, a school district or accredited nonpublic school shall have access to and shall review the information in the Iowa court information system available to the general public, the sex offender registry information under…

1. If a vacancy or vacancies occur among the elective officers or members of a school board and the remaining members of the board have not filled the vacancy within thirty days after the vacancy occurs or if a valid petition is submitted to the secretary of the board pursuant to…

1. For purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Adverse childhood experience” means a potentially traumatic event occurring in childhood that can have negative, lasting effects on an individual’s health and well-being. b. “Postvention” means the provi…

A public school that issues identification cards to students in grades seven through twelve shall include on either side of the identification card the crisis hotline telephone and text numbers and the internet address for your life Iowa or the your life Iowa successor program. A…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Attendance center” means a school district building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students. b. “Covered information” means personally ide…

By July 1, 2024, the board of directors of a school district shall require all persons employed by the school district who hold a teaching license with an endorsement for prekindergarten, prekindergarten or elementary special education, or prekindergarten through grade three leve…

1. The board of directors of each school district shall protect the intellectual freedom of the school district’s students and practitioners and shall establish and publicize policies that protect students and faculty from discrimination based on speech. A person shall not retali…

1. For purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Race or sex scapegoating” means the same as defined in section 261H.8 . b. “Race or sex stereotyping” means the same as defined in section 261H.8 . c. “Specific defined concepts” means the same as define…

The board of directors of a school district shall provide training on free speech under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States developed and distributed pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 64 , annually to any equity coordinator employed by the school dist…

1. a. Each school district is prohibited from administering or conducting an invasive physical examination of a student, a student health screening that is not required by state or federal law, or a formal examination or survey of a student that is designed to assess the student’…

1. Each school district shall publish all of the following information related to the current school year on the school district’s internet site: a. A detailed explanation of the procedures or policies in effect for the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school distr…

1. As used in this section : a. “Gender identity” means an individual’s subjective identification as male, female, or neither male nor female. Gender identity shall not be considered a synonym or substitute for sex or gender. b. “License” means the same as defined in section 256.…

1. The board of directors of a school district must receive the prior written consent of a student’s parent or guardian before requiring a student to take part in any survey, analysis, activity, or evaluation that reveals information concerning any of the following about the stud…

1. A member of the board of directors of a school corporation shall not have an interest, direct or indirect, in a contract for the purchase of goods, including materials and profits, and the performance of services for the director’s school corporation. A contract entered into i…

1. The board shall make rules for its own government and that of the directors, officers, employees, teachers and pupils, and for the care of the schoolhouse, grounds, and property of the school corporation, and shall aid in the enforcement of the rules, and require the performan…

1. As used in this section : a. “Gender theory” means the concept that an individual may properly be described in terms of an internal sense of gender that is incongruent with the individual’s sex as either male or female. “Gender theory” includes the concept that an individual w…

The board of directors of a school district shall not allow a student to serve on any committee that determines, or provides recommendations related to, whether a material in a library operated by the school district should be removed. 2023 Acts, ch 91, §17 Referred to in §256E.7…

1. A parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district may enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district that offers classes at the student’s grade level in the manner provided in this section if, as a result of viewing a recording cr…

After following the policy adopted by the school district pursuant to section 280.28, subsection 3 , an employee of a school district may notify the parents or guardians of a student enrolled in the school district in writing or by electronic mail within twenty-four hours after t…

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Private school security officer” means an individual employed by a private security business who possesses a permit to carry weapons issued under section 724.6 . b. “Private security business” means the same as defined in section 80A.1 . c. “…

A school district may purchase, install, and operate a mobile panic alert system if all of the following requirements are satisfied: 1. The system is capable of connecting different emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between school employees and law …

1. The board of directors of each school district shall provide each student enrolled in the school district in grades eleven and twelve who has expressed an interest in postsecondary education, including in the student’s individual career and academic plan created pursuant to se…

Notwithstanding sections 298.21 and 423F.4 , the board of directors of a school district shall not issue negotiable, interest-bearing school bonds for borrowing money for purposes of constructing a new school building or site to be used primarily for interscholastic athletic cont…

1. A school district shall install and maintain school infrastructure, as defined in section 423F.3, subsection 6 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (5), so that such school infrastructure performs as expected for the operational life of the school infrastructure. 2. A school distric…

1. A school district shall report to the department of education the identity of a student enrolled in the school district who attains an industry-recognized credential or certification that is aligned to the student’s career and technical education program of study and that is o…

1. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2025, the board of directors of each school district shall adopt policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices during school hours that restrict student use of such devices during classroom instructional time. T…

1. The board may make necessary rules to provide for the policing, control, and regulation of traffic and parking of vehicles and bicycles on school grounds. The rules may provide for the use of institutional roads, driveways, and grounds; registration of vehicles and bicycles; t…

1. Upon petition signed by eligible electors of a school district equal in number to at least ten percent of the persons who voted in the last preceding election of school officials under section 277.1 , or five hundred eligible electors, whichever is less, the board of directors…

The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall include rules prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance as defined in section 124.101, subsection 5 , by any student of the schools. The board may suspend or …

The rules referred to in section 279.9 shall provide that upon the request of school officials of a school to which the student seeks to transfer or has transferred, school officials of the sending school shall provide an accurate record of any suspension or expulsion actions tak…

The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall require, once school officials have been notified by a juvenile court officer that a student attending the school is under supervision or has been placed on probation, that school officials shall notify the juvenile court of each unexcu…