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HF2324 • 2026

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Last action
2026-02-06
Official status
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 226 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-06 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 226 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from entering into certain specified contracts with public libraries and hosting mobile libraries.(Formerly HSB 636 .)

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House

File

2324

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2324

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

636)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

prohibiting

school

districts,

charter

schools,

1

and

innovation

zone

schools

from

entering

into

certain

2

specified

contracts

with

public

libraries

and

hosting

mobile

3

libraries.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2324

Section

1.

Section

256E.7,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0s.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

3

requirements

of

section

279.89

relating

to

prohibitions

4

regarding

mobile

libraries

and

agreements

with

public

libraries

5

in

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district.

6

Sec.

2.

Section

256F.4,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

7

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

8

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0q.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

9

requirements

of

section

279.89

relating

to

prohibitions

10

regarding

mobile

libraries

and

agreements

with

public

libraries

11

in

the

same

manner

as

a

school

district.

12

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

279.89

Prohibitions

——

public

13

libraries.

14

1.

As

used

in

this

section:

15

a.

“Mobile

library”

means

a

motor

vehicle

that

is

owned

16

or

operated

by

a

public

library

and

that

is

used

to

transport

17

books

and

other

educational

materials.

18

b.

“Public

library”

means

all

of

the

following:

19

(1)

A

library

established

by

city

ordinance.

20

(2)

A

library

district

as

provided

in

chapter

336.

21

2.

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

shall

not

do

22

any

of

the

following:

23

a.

Enter

into

any

agreement

with

a

public

library

that

24

allows

students

enrolled

in

the

school

district

to

utilize

25

identification

cards

issued

by

the

school

district

to

access

26

any

books,

electronic

resources,

or

other

educational

materials

27

at

the

public

library.

28

b.

Allow

a

mobile

library

to

access

school

district

property

29

for

purposes

of

hosting

or

participating

in

an

event

that

30

allows

students

enrolled

in

the

school

district

to

check

out

31

books

from

the

mobile

library.

32

EXPLANATION

33

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

34

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

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H.F.

2324

This

bill

prohibits

school

districts,

charter

schools,

and

1

innovation

zone

schools

from

entering

into

certain

specified

2

contracts

with

public

libraries

and

hosting

mobile

libraries.

3

The

bill

prohibits

these

schools

from

entering

into

any

4

agreement

with

a

public

library

that

allows

students

to

utilize

5

identification

cards

issued

by

the

school

to

access

any

books,

6

electronic

resources,

or

other

educational

materials

at

the

7

public

library.

Additionally,

the

bill

prohibits

these

schools

8

from

allowing

a

mobile

library

to

access

school

property

for

9

purposes

of

hosting

or

participating

in

an

event

that

allows

10

students

to

check

out

books

from

the

mobile

library.

11

The

bill

defines

“mobile

library”

to

mean

a

motor

vehicle

12

that

is

owned

or

operated

by

a

public

library

and

that

is

used

13

to

transport

books

and

other

educational

materials.

The

bill

14

defines

“public

library”

to

mean

a

library

established

by

city

15

ordinance

and

a

library

district

as

provided

in

Code

chapter

16

336

(library

districts).

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