Iowa HF88: A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

What the bill says

A bill FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.

From the introduced text, January 17, 2025:

A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1502YH (4) jda/jh H.F. DIVISION I PRIVATE INSTRUCTION Section 1. Section 299.4, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent private instruction under section 299A.2, not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic school, shall furnish a report in duplicate on forms provided by the public school district, to the district by September 1 of the school year in which the child will be under competent private instruction. The secretary shall retain and file one copy and forward the other copy to the district's area education agency. The report shall state the name and age of the child, the period of time during which the child has been or will be under competent private instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study, or texts that will be used, and the name and …

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Sponsors

• Bill Gustoff (R, 40) · primary sponsor
• Jon Dunwell (R, 38)
• Samantha Fett (R, 22)
• Dan Gehlbach (R, 46)
• Robert Henderson (R, 2)
• Steven Holt (R, 12)
• Cindy Golding (R, 83)
• Brooke Boden (R, 21)
• Craig Johnson (R, 67)
• Mark Cisneros (R, 96)

Latest actions

1. March 7, 2025: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 888 .
2. January 29, 2025: Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 9. H.J. 142 .
3. January 29, 2025: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 142 .
4. January 27, 2025: Subcommittee recommends passage.
5. January 23, 2025: Subcommittee Meeting: 01/27/2025 11:30AM RM 103.
6. January 22, 2025: Subcommittee: Fett, Gehlbach and Matson. H.J. 116 .
7. January 17, 2025: Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 100 .

Votes

• Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 142 . (January 29, 2025): 14 yea, 9 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HF88?

HF88 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.

What does HF88 do?

In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.

What is the status of HF88?

In committee as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 888 . (March 7, 2025).

Who sponsored HF88?

Bill Gustoff (R, 40), with 9 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HF88?

On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0088&ga=91