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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
714)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
3,
2026
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education,
including
by
modifying
provisions
1
related
to
the
social
studies
instruction
provided
to
2
students
enrolled
in
grades
one
through
twelve
and
the
3
educational
programs
provided
by
the
institutions
of
higher
4
education
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
Social
studies.
The
social
studies
curriculum
shall
3
include
instruction
related
to
all
of
the
following:
4
(a)
The
workings
of
the
federal,
state,
and
local
levels
of
5
government.
6
(b)
The
rights
and
responsibilities
of
citizens
of
the
7
United
States
and
the
state
of
Iowa.
8
(c)
The
history
of
the
secular
and
religious
ideals
and
9
institutions
of
liberty,
including
political,
religious,
10
economic,
social,
and
cultural
liberty,
in
western
11
civilization,
the
United
States,
and
the
state
of
Iowa,
which
12
emphasizes
the
good,
worthwhile,
and
best
achievements
of
these
13
ideals
and
institutions
of
liberty.
14
(d)
Exemplary
figures
in
western
civilization,
the
United
15
States,
and
the
state
of
Iowa
who
have
fought
to
secure
16
liberty.
17
(e)
The
cultural
heritage
of
western
civilization,
the
18
United
States,
and
the
state
of
Iowa.
19
(f)
The
geography
of
the
United
States
and
the
state
of
20
Iowa.
21
(g)
The
history
and
meaning
of
the
United
States
flag
and
22
the
national
anthem.
23
(h)
Admirable
Americans,
including
Benjamin
Franklin,
24
George
Washington,
Frederick
Douglass,
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton,
25
and
Abraham
Lincoln.
26
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
27
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
28
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0c.
During
grades
five
and
six,
the
29
instruction
provided
as
part
of
the
social
studies
curriculum
30
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
documents
that
are
important
31
to
the
history
of
the
United
States,
including
all
of
the
32
following:
33
(1)
The
Mayflower
compact.
34
(2)
Common
Sense,
written
by
Thomas
Paine.
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(3)
The
Declaration
of
Independence.
1
(4)
The
Articles
of
Confederation.
2
(5)
The
Pennsylvania
Act
for
the
gradual
abolition
of
3
slavery.
4
(6)
The
Virginia
statute
for
religious
freedom.
5
(7)
The
northwest
ordinance.
6
(8)
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
7
(9)
The
federalist
papers,
including
federalist
number
ten
8
and
federalist
number
fifty-one.
9
(10)
A
transcript
of
George
Washington’s
farewell
address.
10
(11)
Relevant
excerpts
from
Democracy
in
America
written
by
11
Alexis
de
Tocqueville.
12
(12)
A
transcript
of
the
first
debate
between
Abraham
13
Lincoln
and
Stephen
A.
Douglas.
14
(13)
The
Emancipation
Proclamation.
15
(14)
The
writings
of
the
founding
fathers.
16
Sec.
3.
Section
256.11,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
17
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
(2)
(a)
Social
studies
,
including
instruction
related
19
to
civics
.
The
social
studies
curriculum
shall
require
at
20
least
one
semester
of
instruction,
or
the
trimester
or
quarter
21
equivalent,
in
each
of
the
following
areas:
22
(i)
Civics,
which
shall
include
instruction
related
to
all
23
of
the
following:
24
(A)
The
intellectual
sources
of
the
United
States’
founding
25
documents.
26
(B)
The
political
and
military
narrative
of
the
causes
and
27
progress
of
the
American
Revolution.
28
(C)
The
United
States’
founding
documents
and
the
original
29
intent
of
such
documents.
30
(D)
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States,
with
emphasis
on
31
the
Bill
of
Rights,
and
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
32
(E)
The
basic
principles
of
the
United
States’
republican
33
form
of
government.
34
(F)
The
historical
development
of
the
United
States’
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republican
form
of
government.
1
(G)
The
United
States’
republican
form
of
government
2
compared
with
different
forms
of
government
including
3
dictatorship,
monarchy,
oligarchy,
theocracy,
communism,
and
4
autocracy.
5
(H)
The
structure,
function,
and
processes
of
government
6
institutions
at
the
federal,
state,
and
local
levels.
7
(I)
The
civic
virtues
exemplified
in
the
lives
of
famous
8
Americans.
9
(ii)
United
States
history,
which
shall
include
instruction
10
related
to
all
of
the
following:
11
(A)
The
study
of
and
devotion
to
the
United
States’
12
exceptional
and
praiseworthy
history.
13
(B)
The
basic
political,
diplomatic,
and
military
history
14
of
the
United
States,
which
shall
include
the
period
of
15
discovery,
early
colonies,
the
War
of
Independence,
the
16
Civil
War,
the
expansion
of
the
United
States
to
its
present
17
boundaries,
World
War
I,
World
War
II,
the
Cold
War,
the
civil
18
rights
movement,
and
the
period
of
time
from
the
September
11
19
attacks
to
the
present
day,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
20
of
primary
source
documents.
21
(C)
The
basic
history
of
business
and
technology
in
the
22
United
States,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
primary
23
source
documents.
24
(D)
The
basic
history
of
the
religious
and
secular
aspects
25
of
the
United
States’
common
culture,
which
shall
incorporate
26
the
study
of
primary
source
documents.
27
(E)
The
concept
that
United
States
history
shall
be
viewed
28
as
factual,
not
as
constructed,
shall
be
viewed
as
knowable,
29
teachable,
and
testable,
and
shall
be
defined
as
the
creation
30
of
a
new
nation
based
largely
on
the
universal
principles
31
stated
in
the
Declaration
of
Independence.
32
(iii)
The
history
of
western
civilization,
which
shall
33
include
instruction
that
constitutes
an
extended,
coherent
34
account
of
western
civilization,
from
Athens,
Jerusalem,
and
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Rome
to
the
present
day,
to
understand
the
nature
of
the
1
nation’s
ideals
and
institutions
of
liberty,
how
such
ideals
2
and
institutions
of
liberty
came
into
existence,
and
what
3
actions
the
nation’s
forefathers
took
to
preserve
them.
4
(iv)
Iowa
history,
to
be
taught
during
grade
eight,
which
5
shall
include
instruction
related
to
all
of
the
following:
6
(A)
The
history
of
the
founding
of
Iowa.
7
(B)
The
history
of
famous
Iowans
and
their
involvement
in
8
important
events
in
history.
9
(C)
How
Iowans
have
impacted
government,
policies,
issues,
10
and
procedures
over
the
years.
11
(D)
The
history
of
the
state
motto,
bird,
tree,
and
rock.
12
(v)
Economics,
to
be
taught
during
grade
eight.
The
13
economics
instruction
shall
focus
on
the
free
enterprise
system
14
and
its
benefits.
The
economics
curriculum
shall
include
15
instruction
related
to
the
failures
of
economic
systems
of
16
communist
regimes
and
the
difference
between
capitalist
and
17
communist
economic
systems.
18
(b)
The
social
studies
curriculum
shall
include
instruction
19
related
to
admirable
Americans,
including
Benjamin
Franklin,
20
George
Washington,
Frederick
Douglass,
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton,
21
and
Abraham
Lincoln.
22
(c)
The
instruction
provided
as
part
of
the
social
studies
23
curriculum
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
documents
that
are
24
important
to
the
history
of
the
United
States,
including
all
25
of
the
following:
26
(i)
The
Mayflower
compact.
27
(ii)
Common
Sense,
written
by
Thomas
Paine.
28
(iii)
The
Declaration
of
Independence.
29
(iv)
The
Articles
of
Confederation.
30
(v)
The
Pennsylvania
Act
for
the
gradual
abolition
of
31
slavery.
32
(vi)
The
Virginia
statute
for
religious
freedom.
33
(vii)
The
northwest
ordinance.
34
(viii)
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
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(ix)
The
federalist
papers,
including
federalist
number
ten
1
and
federalist
number
fifty-one.
2
(x)
A
transcript
of
George
Washington’s
farewell
address.
3
(xi)
Relevant
excerpts
from
Democracy
in
America
written
by
4
Alexis
de
Tocqueville.
5
(xii)
A
transcript
of
the
first
debate
between
Abraham
6
Lincoln
and
Stephen
A.
Douglas.
7
(xiii)
The
Emancipation
Proclamation.
8
(xiv)
The
writings
of
the
founding
fathers.
9
Sec.
4.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
10
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
11
b.
Five
units
of
the
social
studies
including
instruction
12
in
voting
statutes
and
procedures,
voter
registration
13
requirements,
the
use
of
paper
ballots
and
voting
systems
in
14
the
election
process,
and
the
method
of
acquiring
and
casting
15
an
absentee
ballot
.
All
students
shall
complete
a
minimum
of
16
one-half
unit
of
United
States
government
,
and
one
unit
of
17
civics,
two
units
of
United
States
history
,
and
one
unit
of
18
western
civilization
.
The
social
studies
curriculum
shall
not
19
include
any
advanced
placement
course
that
requires
action
20
civics.
The
social
studies
curriculum
shall
incorporate
the
21
study
of
documents
that
are
important
to
the
history
of
the
22
United
States,
including
the
Mayflower
compact;
Common
Sense,
23
written
by
Thomas
Paine;
the
Declaration
of
Independence;
the
24
Articles
of
Confederation;
the
Pennsylvania
Act
for
the
gradual
25
abolition
of
slavery;
the
Virginia
statute
for
religious
26
freedom;
the
northwest
ordinance;
the
Constitution
of
the
27
United
States;
the
federalist
papers,
including
federalist
28
number
ten
and
federalist
number
fifty-one;
a
transcript
of
29
George
Washington’s
farewell
address;
relevant
excerpts
from
30
Democracy
in
America
written
by
Alexis
de
Tocqueville;
a
31
transcript
of
the
first
debate
between
Abraham
Lincoln
and
32
Stephen
A.
Douglas;
the
Emancipation
Proclamation;
and
the
33
writings
of
the
founding
fathers.
34
(1)
The
one-half
unit
of
United
States
government
shall
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include
the
voting
procedure
as
described
in
this
lettered
1
paragraph
and
section
280.9A
and
other
instruction
related
2
to
voting
statutes
and
procedures,
voter
registration
3
requirements,
the
use
of
paper
ballots
and
voting
systems
in
4
the
election
process,
and
the
method
of
acquiring
and
casting
5
an
absentee
ballot
.
The
government
instruction
shall
also
6
include
a
study
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
7
and
the
Bill
of
Rights
contained
in
the
Constitution
and
an
8
assessment
of
a
student’s
knowledge
of
the
Constitution
and
the
9
Bill
of
Rights.
10
(2)
The
one
unit
of
civics
shall
not
include
any
11
requirements
related
to
political
activism,
service
learning,
12
civic
engagement,
action
civics,
or
any
cognate
activity.
The
13
one
unit
of
civics
shall
include
instruction
related
to
all
of
14
the
following:
15
(a)
The
intellectual
sources
of
the
United
States’
16
founding
documents,
including
documents
that
illustrate
the
17
Greek,
Hebrew,
and
Roman
exemplars
of
liberty
and
republican
18
government;
the
Christian
synthesis
of
Greek,
Hebrew,
and
Roman
19
thought
that
emphasized
the
equal
dignity
of
all
individual
20
humans
in
the
eyes
of
God;
the
medieval
English
inheritance
21
of
common
law,
jury,
local
self-government,
liberty,
and
22
representative
government;
the
early
modern
English
inheritance
23
of
Christian
liberty,
republicanism,
the
militia,
accountable
24
government,
mixed
government,
parliamentary
sovereignty,
25
freedom
of
the
press,
and
the
English
bill
of
rights
and
26
toleration
Act;
the
colonial
American
inheritance
of
Christian
27
liberty,
self-government,
and
local
government;
and
the
28
enlightenment
theories
of
John
Locke,
Montesquieu,
Adam
Smith,
29
and
their
contemporaries
that
universalized
the
European
30
traditions
of
liberty.
31
(b)
The
political
and
military
narrative
of
the
causes
and
32
progress
of
the
American
revolution.
33
(c)
The
original
intent
of
the
documents
described
in
34
unnumbered
paragraph
1.
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(d)
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States,
with
an
emphasis
1
on
the
Bill
of
Rights
contained
in
the
Constitution,
and
the
2
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
3
(e)
The
basic
principles
of
the
United
States’
republican
4
form
of
government
and
the
institutions
and
principles
to
5
preserve
liberty
and
prevent
misuse
of
government
power,
6
including
balance
of
power;
consent
of
the
governed;
the
7
electoral
college;
federalism
and
the
division
of
powers
8
between
the
federal
government
and
the
states;
individual
9
liberties;
rights
of
life,
liberty,
and
property;
popular
10
sovereignty;
religious
freedom;
an
educated
citizenry;
11
representative
government;
civilian
control
of
the
military;
12
rule
of
law;
control
of
faction;
checks
and
balances;
and
13
separation
of
powers
among
the
executive,
the
legislature,
and
14
the
judiciary.
15
(f)
The
historical
development
of
the
United
States’
16
republican
form
of
government,
including
the
federalist
and
17
antifederalist
debates;
the
rise
and
role
of
political
parties;
18
the
rise
of
Jacksonian
democracy;
the
expansion
of
the
ideals
19
and
institutions
of
liberty
and
republican
self-government
20
to
include
all
Americans,
regardless
of
sex
or
race;
the
21
causes
and
the
constitutional
consequences
of
the
Civil
War;
22
the
thirteenth
amendment,
fourteenth
amendment,
fifteenth
23
amendment,
and
the
nineteenth
amendment;
the
rise
of
the
new
24
deal
administrative
state;
and
United
States
Supreme
Court
25
cases,
including
Marbury
v.
Madison,
McCulloch
v.
Maryland,
26
Dred
Scott
v.
Sandford,
Pembina
consolidated
silver
mining
co.
27
v.
Pennsylvania,
Plessy
v.
Ferguson,
and
Brown
v.
Board
of
28
Education.
29
(g)
The
United
States’
republican
form
of
government
30
compared
with
different
forms
of
government
including
31
dictatorship,
monarchy,
oligarchy,
theocracy,
communism,
and
32
autocracy.
33
(h)
The
structure,
function,
and
processes
of
governmental
34
institutions
at
the
federal,
state,
and
local
levels.
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(i)
Civic
virtues
exemplified
in
the
lives
of
famous
1
Americans,
including
George
Washington,
Benjamin
Franklin,
2
Alexander
Hamilton,
Abigail
Adams,
Thomas
Jefferson,
Andrew
3
Jackson,
Frederick
Douglass,
Susan
B.
Anthony,
Abraham
Lincoln,
4
Ulysses
S.
Grant,
Ely
Parker,
Thomas
Edison,
Andrew
Carnegie,
5
Walter
Reed,
Theodore
Roosevelt,
Charles
Curtis,
Will
Rogers,
6
Jim
Thorpe,
Jackie
Robinson,
George
Marshall,
Martin
Luther
7
King,
Jr.,
Richard
Feynman,
Neil
Armstrong,
and
Ronald
Reagan.
8
(3)
The
two
units
of
United
States
history
shall
include
an
9
assessment
of
the
student’s
knowledge
of
important
historical
10
documents,
including
the
Declaration
of
Independence,
11
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States,
the
Emancipation
12
Proclamation,
and
excerpts
from
the
federalist
papers.
One
13
unit
of
United
States
history
shall
focus
on
the
period
14
of
time
beginning
when
the
Mayflower
landed
on
Cape
Cod
to
15
the
conclusion
of
the
Civil
War.
The
other
unit
of
United
16
States
history
shall
focus
on
the
period
of
time
beginning
17
at
the
conclusion
of
the
Civil
War
to
the
present
day,
which
18
unit
shall
include
instruction
related
to
the
Holocaust
and
19
crimes
against
humanity
that
have
occurred
under
communist
20
regimes.
The
two
units
of
United
States
history
shall
include
21
significant
material
related
to
the
War
of
Independence
and
22
the
creation
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
The
23
two
units
of
United
States
history
shall
be
designed
to
24
include
significant
biographical
material
related
to
exemplary
25
Americans
to
provide
both
the
nation’s
shared
constitutional
26
history
and
historical
context.
The
two
units
of
United
27
States
history
shall
include
instruction
related
to
all
of
the
28
following:
29
(a)
The
United
States’
exceptional
and
praiseworthy
30
history.
31
(b)
The
basic
political,
diplomatic,
and
military
history
32
of
the
United
States,
which
shall
include
the
period
of
33
discovery,
early
colonies,
the
War
of
Independence,
the
34
Civil
War,
the
expansion
of
the
United
States
to
its
present
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boundaries,
World
War
I,
World
War
II,
the
Cold
War,
the
civil
1
rights
movement,
and
the
period
of
time
from
the
September
11
2
attacks
to
the
present
day,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
3
of
primary
source
documents.
4
(c)
The
basic
history
of
business
and
technology
in
the
5
United
States,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
primary
6
source
documents.
7
(d)
The
basic
history
of
the
religious
and
secular
aspects
8
of
the
United
States’
common
culture,
which
shall
incorporate
9
the
study
of
primary
source
documents.
10
(e)
The
concept
that
United
States
history
shall
be
viewed
11
as
factual,
not
as
constructed,
shall
be
viewed
as
knowable,
12
teachable,
and
testable,
and
shall
be
defined
as
the
creation
13
of
a
new
nation
based
largely
on
the
universal
principles
14
stated
in
the
Declaration
of
Independence.
15
(4)
The
one
unit
of
western
civilization
shall
include
16
instruction
related
to
all
of
the
following:
17
(a)
Western
civilization’s
exceptional
and
praiseworthy
18
history.
19
(b)
The
basic
political
outline
of
western
civilization,
20
which
shall
include
the
history
of
ancient
Israel,
the
free
21
Greek
city
states,
the
Roman
republic,
the
Roman
empire,
the
22
Carolingian
empire,
the
medieval
Papacy,
medieval
England,
23
absolutist
France,
parliamentary
England,
the
Napoleonic
24
wars,
World
War
I,
World
War
II,
the
communist
and
fascist
25
challenges
to
the
European
order,
and
the
survival
and
triumph
26
of
political
and
economic
liberty,
which
shall
incorporate
the
27
study
of
primary
source
documents.
28
(c)
The
basic
intellectual
history
of
western
civilization,
29
which
shall
include
its
Greek,
Hebrew,
and
Roman
sources;
30
the
Christian
synthesis
of
those
Greek,
Hebrew,
and
Roman
31
sources
that
emphasized
the
equal
dignity
of
all
individual
32
humans
in
the
eyes
of
God;
the
renaissance
rediscovery
of
33
republican
liberty;
the
reformation;
the
medieval
and
early
34
modern
English
ideals
and
institutions
of
common
law,
jury,
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the
militia,
local
self-government,
political
and
religious
1
liberty,
representative
government,
accountable
government,
2
and
parliamentary
sovereignty;
the
scientific
revolution;
3
the
enlightenment
ideals
of
political
and
economic
liberty;
4
the
nineteenth-century
formulation
of
the
scientific
and
5
humanist
disciplines;
the
emergence
of
modern
conservatism
and
6
liberalism;
and
the
challenges
to
liberty
of
socialism
and
7
fascism,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
primary
source
8
documents.
9
(d)
The
basic
history
of
science
and
technology
in
western
10
civilization,
which
shall
emphasize
Europe’s
unique
role
as
the
11
matrix
of
the
modern
scientific
and
industrial
world,
which
12
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
primary
source
documents.
13
(e)
The
basic
economic
history
of
western
civilization,
14
which
shall
emphasize
Europe’s
unique
role
as
the
matrix
of
15
modern
mass
prosperity,
which
emerged
from
the
interplay
16
of
the
ideals
and
institutions
of
economic
liberty,
secure
17
property
rights,
entrepreneurial
innovation,
and
the
industrial
18
revolution,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
primary
source
19
documents.
20
(f)
The
basic
history
of
the
religious
and
secular
aspects
21
of
western
civilization’s
cultures,
which
shall
emphasize
the
22
protective
aspects
of
liberty
and
incorporate
the
study
of
23
primary
source
documents.
24
(g)
The
basic
history
of
the
fruitful
and
enduring
25
attachment
of
western
civilization’s
free
peoples
to
their
26
nations
and
faiths,
which
shall
incorporate
the
study
of
27
primary
source
documents.
28
(h)
The
concept
that
western
civilization’s
history
shall
29
be
viewed
as
factual,
not
as
constructed,
shall
be
viewed
as
30
knowable,
teachable,
and
testable,
and
shall
be
defined
as
the
31
creation
of
a
civilization
based
largely
on
the
ideals
and
32
institutions
of
liberty.
33
Sec.
5.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
h,
Code
34
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
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NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(02)
The
educational
standards
of
1
section
256.11
relating
to
social
studies
instruction
for
2
grades
one
through
twelve.
3
Sec.
6.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
4
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0q.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
6
requirements
of
section
256.11,
subsections
3
and
4,
and
7
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
“b”
,
relating
to
social
8
studies
instruction
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
9
Sec.
7.
Section
262.9,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
10
following
new
subsection:
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
43.
Prohibit
the
institutions
of
higher
12
education
under
its
control
from
awarding
students
any
semester
13
hours
of
credit
for
courses
that
require
action
civics
or
14
political
activism.
15
Sec.
8.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
16
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
17
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
18
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
19
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
20
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
21
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
22
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
23
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
24
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
25
districts.
26
Sec.
9.
NO
IMPACT
ON
GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS.
The
section
27
of
this
Act
amending
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
28
“b”,
shall
not
affect
the
graduation
requirements
applicable
29
to
a
student
enrolled
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
as
of
the
30
effective
date
of
this
Act.
31
Sec.
10.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
——
DRAFT
SOCIAL
STUDIES
32
STANDARDS.
The
department
of
education
shall
not
use
the
33
draft
social
studies
standards
that
the
department
adopted
34
in
2025
pursuant
to
2024
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1159,
for
any
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instructional,
curricular,
assessment,
accreditation,
1
licensing,
certification,
professional
development,
or
2
evaluative
purpose.
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