Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF251: A BILL FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency
Status: In committee, February 6, 2025
An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2313YH (5) jda/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 16, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: a. Notwithstanding subsections 1 through 12, a nonpublic school may be accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency instead of by the state board as provided in this subsection. The state board shall maintain a list of approved independent accrediting agencies comprised of at least six regional or national nonprofit, nongovernmental agencies recognized as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education offered by a school and shall publish the list of independent accrediting agencies on the department's internet site. The list shall include accrediting agencies that, as of January 1, 2013, accredited a nonpublic school in this state that was concurrently accredited under this section; and any agency that has a formalized partnership agreement with another agency on the list and has member schools in this state as of January 1, 2013. The list shall also include each nonpublic school that is accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency pursuant to this paragraph, a description of the educational standards that …
Sponsors
- Elinor Levin (D, 89) · primary sponsor
- Elizabeth Wilson (D, 73)
- Josh Turek (D, 20)
- Tracy Ehlert (D, 79)
- Heather Matson (D, 42)
- Jeff Cooling (D, 77)
- Sami Scheetz (D)
- Monica Kurth (D, 98)
- Meyer (R)
- Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, 49)
- Lindsay James (D, 71)
- Larry McBurney (D, 44)
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 259 .
Subjects: education, boards, commissions, and councils, education department, internet, private education, notices, education board
Common questions
- What is HF251?
- HF251 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency.
- What does HF251 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency.
- What is the status of HF251?
- In committee as of February 6, 2025. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 259 . (February 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF251?
- Elinor Levin (D, 89), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF251?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0251&ga=91
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