HF150 • 2026

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BODEN
Last action: 2025-02-13
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.

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Bill History

2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Fett, Hora and Matson. H.J. 264 .
2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 149 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.

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House

File

150

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

150

BY

BODEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

prohibiting

school

districts

from

using

standards-based

1

grading

in

grades

six

through

twelve.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

1468YH

(4)

91

jda/jh

H.F.

150

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

279.87

Standards-based

grading

——

1

prohibition.

2

A

school

district

shall

not

utilize

standards-based

grading

3

to

evaluate

the

performance

of

students

who

are

enrolled

in

4

grades

six

through

twelve.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

5

“standards-based

grading”

means

a

method

of

evaluating

student

6

performance

in

which

traditional

academic

subjects

are

broken

7

down

into

smaller

learning

objectives

or

skills

and

a

student’s

8

performance

is

evaluated

based

on

the

extent

to

which

the

9

student

has

mastered

each

particular

learning

objective

or

10

skill.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

prohibits

school

districts

from

using

15

standards-based

grading

to

evaluate

the

performance

of

students

16

who

are

enrolled

in

grades

6

through

12.

The

bill

defines

17

“standards-based

grading”

to

mean

a

method

of

evaluating

18

student

performance

in

which

traditional

academic

subjects

are

19

broken

down

into

smaller

learning

objectives

or

skills

and

a

20

student’s

performance

is

evaluated

based

on

the

extent

to

which

21

the

student

has

mastered

each

particular

learning

objective

or

22

skill.

23

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LSB

1468YH

(4)

91

jda/jh

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