HF220 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to participation in high school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students enrolled in grade eight.(See HF 513 .)

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: HOLT
Last action: 2025-03-14
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to participation in high school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students enrolled in grade eight.(See HF 513 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to participation in high school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students enrolled in grade eight.(See HF 513 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 513 .
2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 365 .
2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 365 .
2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 12:30PM House Lounge.
2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Ehlert and Moore, T. H.J. 290 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 254 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to participation in high school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students enrolled in grade eight.(See HF 513 .)

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House

File

220

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

220

BY

HOLT

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

participation

in

high

school

extracurricular

1

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

competitions

by

2

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256E.7,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0r.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

3

requirements

of

section

280.13D

relating

to

the

participation

4

in

high

school

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

5

contests

or

competitions

by

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight

in

6

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district.

7

Sec.

2.

Section

256F.4,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

8

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

9

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

r.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

10

requirements

of

section

280.13D

relating

to

the

participation

11

in

high

school

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

12

contests

or

competitions

by

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight

in

13

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district.

14

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

280.13D

Participation

in

15

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

competitions

16

——

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight.

17

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

and

the

18

authorities

in

charge

of

a

nonpublic

school

shall

allow

19

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight

who

meet

academic

standards

20

established

by

the

school

district

or

nonpublic

school

to

21

participate

in

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

22

contest

or

competition

that

is

provided

by

the

school

district

23

or

nonpublic

school

to

students

who

are

enrolled

in

grades

nine

24

through

twelve.

25

EXPLANATION

26

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

27

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

28

This

bill

relates

to

participation

in

high

school

29

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

30

competitions

by

students

enrolled

in

grade

eight.

The

bill

31

requires

school

districts,

nonpublic

schools,

charter

schools,

32

and

innovation

zone

schools

to

allow

students

enrolled

in

33

grade

eight

who

meet

academic

standards

established

by

the

34

school

to

participate

in

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

35

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athletic

contest

or

competition

that

is

provided

by

the

school

1

to

students

who

are

enrolled

in

grades

9

through

12.

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