HF 835 Health Care-Related Training for School Personnel Workgroup

A new law created the Health Care-Related Training for School Personnel Workgroup. The group, established by HF 835, will help the Department review all health care-related training for school staff.

The review will focus on nine actions:

  1. Review and develop a plan to ensure Iowa educators have the health care training necessary to perform their duties and responsibilities.
  2. Identify which trainings can be best provided over the internet, and how such training can be rotated on a five-year basis for school personnel.
  3. Develop a plan for a regular cycle of health care- related training for school personnel review with the goal(s):
    1. Modifying training or training programs that are no longer relevant
    2. Identifying less costly and more efficient options that still provide appropriate level of training
  4. Standardize the process of establishing new training requirements in state law or rule to manage stakeholder expectations relating to the timeline for establishing the requirements.
  5. Create an ongoing review process to:
    1. find efficiencies,
    2. identify training options that better utilize time and financial resources, and
    3. offer a continuous improvement model for the system moving forward.
  6. Study and make any recommended changes on rules adopted by the state board of education under 281 IAC ch. 14, relating to individual health plans prepared for students with various health conditions.
  7. Ensure public comment process for groups and parents to provide input on the recommendations of the work group.
  8. If the group recommends elimination or significant modification of certain health care-related training for school personnel, the department shall identify affected stakeholders to submit comments before upcoming meetings or final recommendations
  9. Compile the group’s findings and recommendation and shall submit the compilation, including any proposal for legislation, in a report to the assembly, governor and state board of education by Dec. 1, 2025.
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Meeting Dates & Agendas

Sept. 2, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

Nov. 12, 2025

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Members

Workgroup includes representatives from the following organizations:

  • Area Education Agencies
  • Iowa accredited nonpublic schools
  • Iowa Association of School Boards
  • Iowa Athletic Trainers’ Association
  • Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association
  • Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
  • Iowa healthcare organizations
  • Iowa physicians’ organizations
  • Iowa School Nurse Organization
  • Iowa State Education Association
  • School Administrators of Iowa
     
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