A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.(See HF 514 .)

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

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BY

MOORE

(COMPANION

TO

SF

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BY

SINCLAIR)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

robotics

extracurricular

activities,

1

including

requiring

the

department

of

education

to

provide

2

technical

assistance

to

school

districts

related

to

3

chartering

career

and

technical

student

organizations

4

related

to

robotics

and

authorizing

high

school

athletic

5

organizations

to

sponsor

interscholastic

contests

related

to

6

robotics.

7

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256.9,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

69.

Provide

educational

resources

and

3

technical

assistance

to

school

districts

related

to

chartering

4

career

and

technical

student

organizations

that

comply

with

5

the

Carl

D.

Perkins

Career

and

Technical

Education

Improvement

6

Act

of

2006,

codified

at

20

U.S.C.

§2301

et

seq.,

as

amended,

7

and

rules

adopted

by

the

state

board,

including

career

and

8

technical

student

organizations

related

to

robotics

and

9

robotics

teams

and

competitions.

10

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

280.13D

High

school

athletic

11

organizations

——

robotics.

12

1.

An

organization

that

receives

moneys

from

a

school

13

district

to

pay

dues

or

membership

fees,

or

moneys

from

a

14

nonpublic

school

originating

from

the

state

to

pay

dues

or

15

membership

fees,

may

sponsor

or

administer

interscholastic

16

contests

or

competitions

related

to

robotics.

For

purposes

17

of

this

section,

“organization”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

18

section

280.13.

19

2.

This

section

shall

not

be

construed

to

prohibit

20

an

organization

from

sponsoring

or

administering

other

21

interscholastic

contests

or

competitions.

22

EXPLANATION

23

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

24

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

25

This

bill

relates

to

robotics

extracurricular

activities,

26

including

requiring

the

department

of

education

(DE)

to

provide

27

technical

assistance

to

school

districts

related

to

chartering

28

career

and

technical

student

organization

and

authorizing

29

high

school

athletic

organizations

to

sponsor

interscholastic

30

contests

related

to

robotics.

31

The

bill

requires

DE

to

provide

educational

resources

and

32

technical

assistance

to

school

districts

related

to

chartering

33

career

and

technical

student

organizations

that

comply

with

34

federal

law

and

rules

adopted

by

the

state

board,

including

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organizations

related

to

robotics

and

robotics

teams

and

1

competitions.

2

The

bill

provides

that

high

school

athletic

organizations

3

that

receive

moneys

from

a

school

district

to

pay

dues

or

4

membership

fees,

or

moneys

from

a

nonpublic

school

originating

5

from

the

state

to

pay

dues

or

membership

fees,

may

sponsor

or

6

administer

interscholastic

contests

or

competitions

related

to

7

robotics.

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