---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the boards of directors of area education agencies, school districts, and school corporations, and to the election of a director as school board president. (Formerly SSB 1133.) Effective date: 07/01/2021."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the boards of directors of area education agencies, school districts, and school corporations, and to the election of a director as school board president. (Formerly SSB 1133.) Effective date: 07/01/2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SF 289"
citation: "Iowa SF 289 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["area education agencies", "school boards", "school districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9d6b2c-4883-4cc6-aad6-80fc5d9b6e3b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 289&ga=89"
source_hash: "da5ec19c43c8bf6fbb06095e59798f0e82580e5d7edfd6767741ee89bb6dc4e2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 289 (2021-2022) — A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the boards of directors of area education agencies, school districts, and school corporations, and to the election of a director as school board president. (Formerly SSB 1133.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/89/attachments/SF289.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/Attachments/SF289_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/attachments/SF289.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-09** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Immediate message.
- **2021-02-23** Message from Senate.
- **2021-02-25** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Substituted for HF 622.
- **2021-03-09** Passed House, yeas 93, nays none. `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Explanations of votes.
- **2021-03-09** Immediate message.
- **2021-03-10** Message from House.
- **2021-03-22** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e9d6b2c-4883-4cc6-aad6-80fc5d9b6e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).