Iowa signs safe schools bill to curb classroom violence
Gov Branstad signs HF 2383 creating stricter rules for civil suits against teachers in student altercations and allows automatic suspension for aggressors while expanding anti violence measures. The law also supports up to four districts for character education projects and reinforces schools as weapons free zones.
Branstad Signs Safe Schools Bill With Rapid Suspension Provisions
The law requires immediate suspension of students accused of assaulting a school employee and allows possible expulsion by the school board. It tightens civil damages against teachers in corporal punishment cases, enables districts to share transfer data for suspended or expelled students, funds character education pilots, and provides up to one year of workers compensation and full pay for employees injured in workplace violence.
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Iowa narrows loophole in child porn and mistreatment laws
Gov. Branstad signed House File 121 to require commercial film processors to report depictions of minors in prohibited sexual acts found during processing. The bill expands definitions of prohibited acts and adjusts age standards and statutes of limitations for sexual mistreatment of children.
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