Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2220: A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2026
An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa statewide assessment of student progress and programs for gifted and talented children, and by requiring school districts to develop an advanced mathematics pathway and implement procedures for subject acceleration and whole-grade acceleration.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, April 21, 2026:
Senate File 2220 - Enrolled Senate File 2220 RELATING TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE IOWA STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PROGRESS AND PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN, AND BY REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS PATHWAY AND IMPLEMENT PROCEDURES FOR SUBJECT ACCELERATION AND WHOLE-GRADE ACCELERATION, AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: (a) That all students enrolled in school districts in grades three through eleven be administered an assessment in mathematics and English language arts, including reading and writing, during the last quarter of the school year and all students enrolled in school districts in grades five, eight, and ten eleven be administered an assessment in science during the last quarter of the school year. Sec. 2. Section 257.42, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 01. The board of directors of each school district shall do all of the following: a. (1) Establish systematic and uniform procedures for screening, referring, identifying, and serving gifted and Senate File 2220, p. talented children enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve. (2) The board of directors of a school district shall base …