A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia board and requiring the department of education to prepare a report related to cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators. (Formerly SF 2390 , SF 2092 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026

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AN

ACT

RELATING

TO

EDUCATION,

INCLUDING

BY

MODIFYING

PROVISIONS

RELATED

TO

THE

IOWA

DYSLEXIA

BOARD

AND

REQUIRING

THE

DEPARTMENT

OF

EDUCATION

TO

PREPARE

A

REPORT

RELATED

TO

CARDIAC

EMERGENCY

RESPONSE

PLANS

AND

AUTOMATED

EXTERNAL

DEFIBRILLATORS.

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

Section

1.

Section

256.32A,

subsection

5,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

5.

This

section

is

repealed

July

1,

2027

2032

.

Sec.

2.

DEPARTMENT

OF

EDUCATION

——

AUTOMATED

EXTERNAL

DEFIBRILLATOR

AND

CARDIAC

EMERGENCY

RESPONSE

PLANS

——

REPORT.

1.

As

used

in

this

section:

a.

“Automated

external

defibrillator”

means

a

lightweight,

portable

device

that

delivers

an

electric

shock

through

the

chest

to

the

heart

to

stop

an

irregular

heartbeat

and

allow

normal

heartbeat

rhythm

to

resume

following

cardiac

arrest.

b.

“Cardiac

emergency

response

plan”

means

a

written

document

that

establishes

the

specific

steps

to

be

taken

by

employees

or

contractors

of

a

school

to

respond

to

incidents

involving

an

individual

experiencing

cardiac

arrest

or

a

similar

life-threatening

emergency

on

school

property,

during

physical

education,

during

an

extracurricular

athletic

activity

or

contest,

during

practice

associated

with

an

extracurricular

athletic

activity

or

contest,

or

during

a

school-sponsored

activity,

and

to

reduce

the

likelihood

of

the

individual’s

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death

from

cardiac

arrest

or

a

similar

life-threatening

emergency.

c.

“School”

means

all

of

the

following:

(1)

A

school

district

organized

pursuant

to

chapter

274.

(2)

A

charter

school

established

pursuant

to

chapter

256E.

(3)

A

charter

school

or

innovation

zone

school

established

pursuant

to

chapter

256F.

2.

The

department

of

education,

in

coordination

with

each

school,

shall

prepare

a

report

that

includes

information

related

to

all

of

the

following:

a.

The

number

of

schools

that

have

adopted

and

implemented

a

cardiac

emergency

response

plan.

b.

The

number

of

automated

external

defibrillators

owned

by

each

school,

regardless

of

whether

any

such

automated

external

defibrillator

is

in

good

working

order,

and

where

each

automated

external

defibrillator

is

located

on

the

school’s

property.

3.

The

department

of

education

shall

submit

the

report

described

in

subsection

2

to

the

general

assembly

on

or

before

January

15,

2027.

______________________________

AMY

SINCLAIR

President

of

the

Senate

______________________________

PAT

GRASSLEY

Speaker

of

the

House

I

hereby

certify

that

this

bill

originated

in

the

Senate

and

is

known

as

Senate

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Ninety-first

General

Assembly.

______________________________

W.

CHARLES

SMITHSON

Secretary

of

the

Senate

Approved

_______________,

2026

______________________________

KIM

REYNOLDS

Governor