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HF733 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
MOORE
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 499 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 499 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

733

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

733

BY

MOORE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

employment

of

school

bus

drivers

who

1

have

completed

a

department

of

education

approved

course

of

2

instruction.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

321.376,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

3.

a.

A

person

applying

for

employment

or

employed

as

a

3

school

bus

driver

shall

successfully

complete

a

department

4

of

education

approved

course

of

instruction

for

school

bus

5

drivers

before

or

within

the

first

six

months

of

employment

6

and

at

least

every

twenty-four

months

thereafter.

If

an

7

employee

fails

to

provide

an

employer

with

a

certificate

of

8

completion

of

the

required

school

bus

driver’s

course,

the

9

driver’s

employer

shall

report

the

failure

to

the

department

of

10

education

and

the

employee’s

authorization

to

operate

a

school

11

bus

shall

be

revoked.

The

department

of

education

shall

send

12

notice

of

the

revocation

to

both

the

employee

and

the

employer.

13

A

person

whose

school

bus

authorization

has

been

revoked

under

14

this

section

shall

not

be

issued

another

authorization

until

15

certification

of

the

completion

of

an

approved

school

bus

16

driver’s

course

is

received

by

the

department

of

education.

17

b.

Notwithstanding

paragraph

“a”

,

a

person

who

has

18

successfully

completed

a

department

of

education

approved

19

course

of

instruction

for

school

bus

drivers

within

the

20

previous

twenty-four

months

shall

not

be

required

to

complete

21

the

course

again

before

or

within

six

months

of

becoming

22

employed

as

a

school

bus

driver

at

a

different

school

district,

23

provided

the

person

complies

with

subsection

1

and

completes

24

the

course

again

within

twenty-four

months

of

the

prior

25

completion.

26

EXPLANATION

27

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

28

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

29

Under

current

law,

a

driver

of

a

school

bus

must

hold

a

30

driver’s

license

issued

by

the

department

of

transportation

31

valid

for

the

operation

of

a

school

bus

and

a

certificate

32

of

qualification

for

operation

of

a

commercial

motor

vehicle

33

issued

by

a

qualified

medical

professional.

In

addition,

a

34

person

applying

for

employment

as

a

school

bus

driver

must

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successfully

complete

a

department

of

education

approved

course

1

of

instruction

for

school

bus

drivers

within

the

first

6

months

2

of

employment

and

at

least

every

24

months

thereafter.

3

This

bill

provides

that

a

person

who

has

successfully

4

completed

a

department

of

education

approved

course

of

5

instruction

for

school

bus

drivers

within

the

previous

24

6

months

is

not

required

to

complete

the

course

again

if

the

7

person

applies

for

employment

as

a

school

bus

driver

at

a

8

different

school

district,

provided

the

person

is

otherwise

9

eligible

to

be

employed

as

a

school

bus

driver

and

completes

10

the

course

again

within

24

months

of

the

prior

completion.

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