HF898 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2 .)

Children 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: 2025-04-03
Official status: Referred to Education. H.J. 896 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2 .)

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Bill History

2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Education. H.J. 896 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 570 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

898

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

898

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

2)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

modifying

school

attendance

requirements

related

to

1

children

who

are

undergoing

military

entrance

processing

or

2

who

are

engaged

in

military

service.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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898

Section

1.

Section

299.2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsections:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

Who

is

a

military

applicant

undergoing

3

military

entrance

processing.

4

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

8.

Who

is

engaged

in

military

service.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

modifies

school

attendance

requirements

related

to

9

children

who

are

undergoing

military

entrance

processing

or

who

10

are

engaged

in

military

service.

11

Current

law

requires

the

parent,

guardian,

or

legal

or

12

actual

custodian

of

a

child

who

is

of

compulsory

attendance

age

13

to

cause

the

child

to

attend

public

school

or

an

accredited

14

nonpublic

school,

or

place

the

child

under

competent

private

15

instruction

or

independent

private

instruction,

during

a

school

16

year.

Under

current

law,

this

requirement

does

not

apply

to

17

any

child

who

has

completed

the

requirements

for

graduation

in

18

an

accredited

school

or

has

obtained

a

high

school

equivalency

19

diploma,

who

is

excused

for

sufficient

reason

by

any

court

20

of

record

or

judge,

who

is

attending

religious

services

or

21

receiving

religious

instructions,

who

is

attending

a

private

22

college

preparatory

school,

who

has

been

excused

under

23

Code

section

299.22

(when

deaf

or

hard-of-hearing

and

blind

24

children

excused),

or

who

is

exempted

under

Code

section

299.24

25

(religious

groups

exempted

from

school

standards).

The

bill

26

adds

additional

exemptions

for

children

who

are

undergoing

27

military

entrance

processing

or

who

are

engaged

in

military

28

service.

29

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