Iowa

Title VII. Education and Cultural Affairs
Subtitle 1. Elementary and Secondary Education
Chapter 256. Department of Education
Subchapter I. General Provisions

Iowa Code § 256.11 (2004) – Educational standards.

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The educational program shall be as follows:

5. In grades nine through twelve, a unit of credit consists of a course or equivalent related components or partial units taught throughout the academic year. The minimum program to be offered and taught for grades nine through twelve is: …

b. Five units of the social studies including instruction in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting machines in the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting an absentee ballot. All students shall complete a minimum of one-half unit of United States government and one unit of United States history. The one-half unit of United States government shall include the voting procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and section 280.9A. The government instruction shall also include a study of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution and an assessment of a student's knowledge of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Subtitle 6. School Districts
Chapter 280. Uniform School Requirements

Iowa Code § 280.9A (2004) – History and government required -- voter registration.

1. The board of directors of each local public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall require that all students in grades nine through twelve complete, as a condition of graduation, instruction in American history and the governments of Iowa and the United States, including instruction in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting machines in the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting an absentee ballot.

[This statute was located on July 7, 2005 and may have been modified or amended since that date.]