Bill Text: IA HSB46 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.(See HF 167.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 167. [HSB46 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HSB46-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
mandatory
reporting
to
the
board
of
1
educational
examiners
of
licensed
school
employees
who
2
engage
in
grooming
behavior
toward
students.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.160,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
“Grooming
behavior”
means
any
behavior,
which
in
light
3
of
all
relevant
circumstances,
constitutes
actions
to
entice
4
or
entrap
a
student
or
students
with
the
intent
to
make
such
5
student
or
students
engage
in
a
sex
act
the
process
of
building
6
trust
and
emotional
connections
with
a
student
with
the
intent
7
to
exploit
such
student
.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
mandatory
reporting
to
the
board
of
12
educational
examiners
(BOEE)
of
licensed
school
employees
who
13
engage
in
grooming
behavior
toward
students.
Current
law
14
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
or
area
15
education
agency,
the
superintendent
of
a
school
district,
16
the
chief
administrator
of
an
area
education
agency,
and
the
17
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
to
18
report
to
the
BOEE
any
instance
of
disciplinary
action
taken
19
against
a
licensed
school
employee
for
conduct
constituting
20
soliciting,
encouraging,
or
consummating
a
sexual
or
physical
21
relationship
with
a
student,
grooming
behavior
toward
a
22
student,
or
an
otherwise
inappropriate
relationship
with
a
23
student.
For
purposes
of
this
provision,
current
law
defines
24
“grooming
behavior”
to
mean
any
behavior,
which
in
light
of
all
25
relevant
circumstances,
constitutes
actions
to
entice
or
entrap
26
a
student
or
students
with
the
intent
to
make
such
student
or
27
students
engage
in
a
sex
act.
The
bill
modifies
“grooming
28
behavior”
to
mean
the
process
of
building
trust
and
emotional
29
connections
with
a
student
with
the
intent
to
exploit
such
30
student.
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