{
  "title": "Edictai records: Iowa",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "jurisdiction": "us-ia",
  "name": "Iowa",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2528",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HF 2528",
      "title": "A bill for an act modifying the duties of the workforce development board, state board of education, and department of education related to cyber and artificial intelligence.(Formerly HSB 609.)",
      "status": "introduced",
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "funding",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires the workforce development board to establish a cyber and artificial intelligence workforce initiative, including support for K-12 cyber and AI literacy standards, higher education partnerships, and, subject to appropriation, a grant program for AI training programs. Directs the state board of education to oversee statewide cyber and AI education standards and frameworks from kindergarten through higher education and a voluntary school certification program, and requires the department of education to run a community cyber and AI awareness initiative.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2528"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2540",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HF 2540",
      "title": "An Act relating to computer science and artificial intelligence education, including high school curricula and graduation requirements, and practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.",
      "status": "introduced",
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-course-or-graduation-requirement",
        "ai-in-standards",
        "educator-prep-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Would add one semester of computer science and artificial intelligence to Iowa's high school graduation requirements beginning with the 2030-2031 graduating class, require computer science standards to cover what AI is, how it works, and its societal and ethical impacts, and require educator preparation programs to include computer science, AI, and computational thinking. The House Education Committee bill was placed on the House calendar with no further recorded action.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2540"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2153",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HF 2153",
      "title": "A bill for an act requiring community colleges, school districts, and institutions under the control of the state board of regents to adopt policies related to the use of artificial intelligence by students and employees.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-26",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "academic-integrity",
        "instructional-use",
        "local-policy-requirement"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "requires-local-ai-policy"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires community colleges, school districts, and Board of Regents institutions to adopt policies describing when students may use artificial intelligence in class and coursework, when employees may use it for work duties, and what AI uses are prohibited. Requires the policies to be published online and sent to the Department of Education or the Board of Regents, which must post them.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hf-2153"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hsb-609",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HSB 609",
      "title": "A bill for an act modifying the duties of the workforce development board, state board of education, and department of education related to cyber and artificial intelligence.(See HF 2528.)",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-22",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "funding",
        "workforce"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "appropriates-funding"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires the workforce development board to establish a cyber and artificial intelligence workforce initiative, including support for K-12 cyber and AI literacy standards, higher education partnerships, and, subject to appropriation, a grant program for AI training programs. Directs the state board of education to oversee statewide cyber and AI education standards and frameworks from kindergarten through higher education and a voluntary school certification program, and requires the department of education to run a community cyber and AI awareness initiative.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hsb-609"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-sf-2094",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "SF 2094",
      "title": "A bill for an act relating to computer science and artificial intelligence education, including high school curricula and graduation requirements, practitioner preparation programs, and college admissions, and including applicability provisions.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2026-01-22",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ai-literacy",
        "curriculum-standards",
        "educator-training",
        "funding"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-standards",
        "ai-course-or-graduation-requirement",
        "educator-pd-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Expands computer science graduation requirements and standards to computer science and artificial intelligence, requiring that instruction at all levels cover what AI is, how it works, how to design it, its societal impact, and ethical considerations. Requires students to complete one-half unit of computer science and AI, adds reporting on AI courses and teachers, and opens a professional development fund to AI education; per its title, it also addresses practitioner preparation programs and college admissions.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-sf-2094"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hsb-294",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HSB 294",
      "title": "A bill for an act relating to artificial intelligence, including the use of artificial intelligence to create materials related to elections and protections in interactions with artificial intelligence systems, and making penalties applicable.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-03-04",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "admissions",
        "equity-access",
        "institutional-operations"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "ai-in-admissions",
        "bias-or-equity-requirement"
      ],
      "summary": "Regulates high-risk artificial intelligence systems used in consequential decisions, which include enrollment in education or an educational opportunity, by requiring developer documentation, deployer impact assessments and annual reviews for algorithmic discrimination, and disclosure of AI interactions. Also addresses AI-generated election materials.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hsb-294"
    },
    {
      "id": "us-ia-2025-2026-hf-252",
      "record_type": "legislation",
      "classification": "bill",
      "identifier": "HF 252",
      "title": "A bill for an act incorporating preparation in computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational thinking into the preparation required in approved practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.",
      "status": "in-committee",
      "date": "2025-02-06",
      "issuer": "",
      "education_levels": [
        "k12",
        "postsecondary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "educator-training"
      ],
      "provision_types": [
        "educator-prep-requirement",
        "issues-model-policy"
      ],
      "summary": "Requires approved practitioner preparation programs to include preparation in computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational thinking appropriate to the grade level and subject the candidate will teach, through a dedicated course or module or integration into the program. Requires the state board of regents to develop and distribute guidance to institutions on incorporating this preparation.",
      "page_url": "https://edictai.org/states/ia/#us-ia-2025-2026-hf-252"
    }
  ]
}