Bill Text: IA HF150 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting school districts from using standards-based grading in grades six through twelve.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF150 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF150-Introduced.html
House
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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
BODEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
school
districts
from
using
standards-based
1
grading
in
grades
six
through
twelve.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.87
Standards-based
grading
——
1
prohibition.
2
A
school
district
shall
not
utilize
standards-based
grading
3
to
evaluate
the
performance
of
students
who
are
enrolled
in
4
grades
six
through
twelve.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
5
“standards-based
grading”
means
a
method
of
evaluating
student
6
performance
in
which
traditional
academic
subjects
are
broken
7
down
into
smaller
learning
objectives
or
skills
and
a
student’s
8
performance
is
evaluated
based
on
the
extent
to
which
the
9
student
has
mastered
each
particular
learning
objective
or
10
skill.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
prohibits
school
districts
from
using
15
standards-based
grading
to
evaluate
the
performance
of
students
16
who
are
enrolled
in
grades
6
through
12.
The
bill
defines
17
“standards-based
grading”
to
mean
a
method
of
evaluating
18
student
performance
in
which
traditional
academic
subjects
are
19
broken
down
into
smaller
learning
objectives
or
skills
and
a
20
student’s
performance
is
evaluated
based
on
the
extent
to
which
21
the
student
has
mastered
each
particular
learning
objective
or
22
skill.
23
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