HF67 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: GEHLBACH
Last action: 2025-01-15
Official status: Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 63 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

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Bill History

2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 63 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying the earliest possible start date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

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House

File

67

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

67

BY

GEHLBACH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

modifying

the

earliest

possible

start

date

of

the

school

1

calendar

for

school

districts

and

accredited

nonpublic

2

schools.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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67

Section

1.

SCHOOL

CALENDAR

FOR

2025-2026

SCHOOL

1

YEAR.

Notwithstanding

the

requirement

in

section

279.10,

2

subsection

1,

that

the

school

calendar

for

school

districts

and

3

accredited

nonpublic

schools

shall

begin

no

sooner

than

August

4

23,

during

the

school

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

ending

5

June

30,

2026,

the

school

calendar

for

school

districts

and

6

accredited

nonpublic

schools

shall

begin

no

sooner

than

August

7

20.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

modifies

the

earliest

possible

start

date

of

the

12

school

calendar

for

school

districts

and

accredited

nonpublic

13

schools

during

the

upcoming

school

year.

Current

law

provides

14

that

the

school

calendar

for

school

districts

and

accredited

15

nonpublic

schools

shall

begin

no

sooner

than

August

23.

The

16

bill

modifies

this

provision,

for

purposes

of

the

school

year

17

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

ending

June

30,

2026,

to

provide

18

that

the

school

calendar

shall

instead

begin

no

sooner

than

19

August

20.

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