What is the status of HF504?

In committee as of February 20, 2025. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 375 . (February 20, 2025).

Bob Kressig (D, 75), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HF504?

On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0504&ga=91

Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly

Iowa HF504: A BILL FOR An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations

Q: What is HF504?

HF504 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations.

Q: What does HF504 do?

In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations.

Status: In committee, February 20, 2025

An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations.

What the bill says

A bill FOR An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations.

From the introduced text, February 20, 2025:

A BILL FOR An Act relating to robotics, including by establishing a robotics grant program within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics collaborative initiative and requiring the university of northern Iowa to develop a public-private partnership to support robotics competitions, and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2314YH (3) jda/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 256.111, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. a. The collaborative initiative shall develop and administer a robotics grant program to provide grants to school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to support robotics programs by offsetting costs associated with all of the following: (1) The payment of stipends to members of school robotics teams. (2) Fees, kits, and supplies that are required to establish or maintain a school robotics team or to participate in a robotics competition. (3) Event registration, materials, transportation costs, travel costs, and other expenses related to attending a robotics competition. b. The collaborative initiative shall establish the application processes, deadlines, eligibility requirements, and award criteria associated with the robotics grant program. c. Moneys awarded under this subsection shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing public funding used by a school district for similar purposes. Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ---- ROBOTICS …

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