Bill Text: IA HF204 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to robotics extracurricular activities, including requiring the department of education to provide technical assistance to school districts related to chartering career and technical student organizations related to robotics and authorizing high school athletic organizations to sponsor interscholastic contests related to robotics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF204 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF204-Introduced.html
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BY
MOORE
(COMPANION
TO
SF
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BY
SINCLAIR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
robotics
extracurricular
activities,
1
including
requiring
the
department
of
education
to
provide
2
technical
assistance
to
school
districts
related
to
3
chartering
career
and
technical
student
organizations
4
related
to
robotics
and
authorizing
high
school
athletic
5
organizations
to
sponsor
interscholastic
contests
related
to
6
robotics.
7
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
69.
Provide
educational
resources
and
3
technical
assistance
to
school
districts
related
to
chartering
4
career
and
technical
student
organizations
that
comply
with
5
the
Carl
D.
Perkins
Career
and
Technical
Education
Improvement
6
Act
of
2006,
codified
at
20
U.S.C.
§2301
et
seq.,
as
amended,
7
and
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board,
including
career
and
8
technical
student
organizations
related
to
robotics
and
9
robotics
teams
and
competitions.
10
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.13D
High
school
athletic
11
organizations
——
robotics.
12
1.
An
organization
that
receives
moneys
from
a
school
13
district
to
pay
dues
or
membership
fees,
or
moneys
from
a
14
nonpublic
school
originating
from
the
state
to
pay
dues
or
15
membership
fees,
may
sponsor
or
administer
interscholastic
16
contests
or
competitions
related
to
robotics.
For
purposes
17
of
this
section,
“organization”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
18
section
280.13.
19
2.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
20
an
organization
from
sponsoring
or
administering
other
21
interscholastic
contests
or
competitions.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
robotics
extracurricular
activities,
26
including
requiring
the
department
of
education
(DE)
to
provide
27
technical
assistance
to
school
districts
related
to
chartering
28
career
and
technical
student
organization
and
authorizing
29
high
school
athletic
organizations
to
sponsor
interscholastic
30
contests
related
to
robotics.
31
The
bill
requires
DE
to
provide
educational
resources
and
32
technical
assistance
to
school
districts
related
to
chartering
33
career
and
technical
student
organizations
that
comply
with
34
federal
law
and
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board,
including
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organizations
related
to
robotics
and
robotics
teams
and
1
competitions.
2
The
bill
provides
that
high
school
athletic
organizations
3
that
receive
moneys
from
a
school
district
to
pay
dues
or
4
membership
fees,
or
moneys
from
a
nonpublic
school
originating
5
from
the
state
to
pay
dues
or
membership
fees,
may
sponsor
or
6
administer
interscholastic
contests
or
competitions
related
to
7
robotics.
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