Bill Text: IA HF67 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 63. [HF67 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF67-Introduced.html
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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
GEHLBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
school
1
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SCHOOL
CALENDAR
FOR
2025-2026
SCHOOL
1
YEAR.
Notwithstanding
the
requirement
in
section
279.10,
2
subsection
1,
that
the
school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
3
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
August
4
23,
during
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
5
June
30,
2026,
the
school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
6
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
August
7
20.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
modifies
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
12
school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
13
schools
during
the
upcoming
school
year.
Current
law
provides
14
that
the
school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
15
nonpublic
schools
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
August
23.
The
16
bill
modifies
this
provision,
for
purposes
of
the
school
year
17
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
June
30,
2026,
to
provide
18
that
the
school
calendar
shall
instead
begin
no
sooner
than
19
August
20.
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