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A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
DONAHUE
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 148 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 148 .

  2. 2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 121 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to area education agency employee access to student records.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2080

BY

DONAHUE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

area

education

agency

employee

access

to

1

student

records.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

279.89

Area

education

agency

1

employees

——

access

to

student

records.

2

1.

The

board

of

directors

of

each

school

district

shall

3

allow

an

employee

of

an

area

education

agency

who

provides

4

educational

services

and

programs

to

students

enrolled

in

the

5

school

district

to

access

any

school

district

records

related

6

to

such

students

to

the

extent

necessary

for

the

employee

to

7

maximize

the

effectiveness

of

the

educational

services

and

8

programs

provided

by

the

employee

to

such

students.

9

2.

If

there

is

a

dispute

between

the

board

of

directors

10

of

a

school

district

and

an

employee

of

an

area

education

11

agency

related

to

whether

the

board

of

directors

of

the

school

12

district

should

allow

the

employee

to

access

a

school

district

13

record

pursuant

to

subsection

1,

the

board

of

directors

of

the

14

school

district

shall

allow

the

employee

to

access

the

record

15

if

any

of

the

following

individuals

so

direct

the

board

of

16

directors

of

the

school

district:

17

a.

The

director

of

special

education

of

the

area

education

18

agency.

19

b.

The

special

education

director

of

the

school

district.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

relates

to

area

education

agency

(AEA)

employee

24

access

to

student

records.

25

The

bill

provides

that

school

districts

are

required

to

26

allow

an

AEA

employee

who

provides

services

to

students

to

27

access

any

school

district

records

related

to

such

students

28

to

the

extent

necessary

for

the

employee

to

maximize

the

29

effectiveness

of

the

services

provided

by

the

employee

to

such

30

students.

If

there

is

a

dispute

between

the

school

district

31

and

the

AEA

employee

related

to

whether

the

school

district

32

should

allow

the

AEA

employee

to

access

a

school

district

33

record,

the

school

district

is

required

to

allow

the

AEA

34

employee

to

access

the

record

if

either

the

director

of

special

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education

of

the

AEA

or

the

special

education

director

of

the

1

school

district

directs

the

school

district

to

do

so.

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