Bill Text: IA HF2060 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to world language instruction in grades nine through twelve by prohibiting the incorporation of gender-neutral language when the world language being taught utilizes a grammatical gender system.(See HF 2548.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-15 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2548. [HF2060 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2060-Introduced.html
House
File
2060
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2060
BY
GUSTOFF
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
world
language
1
instruction
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
by
prohibiting
2
the
incorporation
of
gender-neutral
language
when
the
world
3
language
being
taught
utilizes
a
grammatical
gender
system.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
f.
Two
sequential
units
of
one
world
language,
which
3
may
include
American
sign
language.
The
world
language
4
instruction
shall
not
alter
the
world
language
to
incorporate
5
gender-neutral
language
if
the
world
language
being
offered
and
6
taught
utilizes
a
grammatical
gender
system.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
g,
Code
8
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
g.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
10
256.7,
subsection
21
,
and
the
educational
standards
of
section
11
256.11
,
unless
specifically
waived
by
the
state
board
during
12
the
application
process
;
provided,
however,
that
the
state
13
board
shall
not
waive
the
educational
standards
established
in
14
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
“f”
,
related
to
the
15
prohibition
against
incorporating
gender-neutral
language
into
16
world
language
instruction
if
the
world
language
being
taught
17
utilizes
a
grammatical
gender
system
.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
19
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
20
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
p.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
21
requirements
of
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
22
“f”
,
relating
to
the
prohibition
against
incorporating
23
gender-neutral
language
into
world
language
instruction
if
24
the
world
language
being
taught
utilizes
a
grammatical
gender
25
system
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
world
language
30
instruction
in
grades
9
through
12
in
school
districts,
31
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
32
zone
schools
by
prohibiting
the
incorporation
of
gender-neutral
33
language
when
the
world
language
being
taught
utilizes
a
34
grammatical
gender
system.
35
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