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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 2424 requires postsecondary schools to secure vaccination-exempt clinical placements for health students
Last action · March 19, 2026: Amendment S-5108 filed. S.J. 610 .
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What This Bill Would Do
Iowa postsecondary schools offering health-related degrees requiring s must identify, upon student request, a rotation placement that permits an exemption from vaccination requirements. Non-compliant private institutions risk losing eligibility for Iowa tuition grants, and any violating postsecondary school faces a $5,000 civil penalty.
Students enrolled in medical or nursing programs gain a statutory mechanism to complete required clinical training without complying with site-specific vaccine mandates, while private colleges face financial penalties and loss of state grant eligibility for failing to provide such placements.
- Senate File 2424 is a successor bill to SF 2095 concerning vaccination exemptions in clinical rotations. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Students in clinical rotations
Enrolled students in medical, nursing, or health care-related degree programs can request clinical rotation placements that permit vaccination exemptions.
Postsecondary schools
Schools offering degrees requiring clinical rotations must identify exempt placement sites upon request and face penalties or loss of grant eligibility for non-compliance.
Accredited private institutions
Private institutions risk disqualification as eligible institutions for Iowa tuition grants if found in violation of the vaccination exemption requirements by September 30.
Key Facts
- Postsecondary schools offering degree programs that require clinical rotations must identify a placement allowing vaccination exemptions upon request by an enrolled student.
- Students can report alleged violations by a postsecondary school to the attorney general.
- The attorney general must provide notice of a student report to the department and the postsecondary school within fifteen calendar days of receipt.
- Postsecondary schools have thirty calendar days from receiving a report to correct the violation and provide documentation or prove no violation occurred.
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- Accredited private institutions found in violation by the attorney general on or before September 30 lose eligibility for Iowa tuition grants for the immediately succeeding academic year.
- Postsecondary schools found in violation on or before September 30 are subject to a civil penalty of $5,000, collected by the attorney general and deposited into the state general fund.
- The bill amends the definition of eligible institution under Code section 256.183 to include licensed schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences that meet specific institutional financial aid matching requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a postsecondary school fails to find a vaccine-exempt clinical rotation?
How long does a school have to respond after a student reports a violation?
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Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 19, 2026SenateAmendment S-5108 filed. S.J. 610 .
- Feb 23, 2026SenateCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2424 . S.J. 366 .
- Feb 23, 2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 366 .
- Feb 23, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 355 .
- Feb 5, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 212 .
- Feb 4, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
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- Feb 3, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 10:00AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- Jan 27, 2026SenateSubcommittee: Salmon, Green, and Winckler. S.J. 149 .
- Jan 22, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Education. S.J. 130 .
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Linking Grant Eligibility to Vaccine Exemption Compliance
The bill ties institutional participation in state tuition grant programs directly to compliance with sourcing vaccine-exempt clinical rotation sites.
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- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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