SF 519 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act establishing a school of intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa.

SF 519 establishes a School of Intellectual Freedom as an independent academic unit within the University of Iowa's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The school will teach and research the historical ideas, texts, and debates that shaped the American constitutional order, focusing on free societies, civic engagement, and intellectual diversity. It must offer courses and programs on these topics, foster civil discourse, and use private donations or state funds only for its direct operations (not university overhead). The bill requires at least five tenure-eligible faculty members and mandates annual reports to state officials on the school's progress.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2025
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Apr 15, 2025
Introduced
Amendment S-3101 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
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