State profile · IA
Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 0 distinct districts; it is not a statewide implementation survey.
Local policies must restrict devices during classroom instruction; districts may choose stronger restrictions.
Beginning in 2025–26.
Exceptions & source ↗Statewide · Current
Grades: K–5 limits; all-grade 1:1 adoption checklist · Requirement: Required
Caps K–5 digital instruction at 60 minutes daily, requires local policies and a checklist before adopting or renewing 1:1 programs.
Starts / rollout: DOE lists July 1, 2026 as the default effective date and provides 2026 implementation materials. The separate school-food provisions start in 2027.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗Learning & relevant rules for use
Iowa requires standards-aligned computer science instruction in at least one grade from 1–6. The requirement does not specify instruction in every elementary grade.
Instruction requirement began July 1, 2023; local K–12 plan deadline was July 1, 2022.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Beginning in 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceIowa requires standards-aligned computer science instruction in seventh or eighth grade. Districts decide how to organize the instruction.
Instruction requirement began July 1, 2023.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Beginning in 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceHigh schools must offer and teach at least one standards-aligned half-unit CS course. This finding establishes course availability, rather than a requirement that every student take it.
Offer-and-teach requirement began July 1, 2022.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Beginning in 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceCS teacher-endorsement and competitive PD grants are documented. The published PD application deadline is November 1, 2026; endorsement applications close May 1, 2027, or earlier if funds are spent. Award and eligibility are not guaranteed.
Teacher support: Grants support CS professional learning and endorsement coursework; check the current guidelines and eligible costs.
Delivery evidence: State grant program documented; district participation and classroom outcomes are not established.
Official source · reviewed Oct 3, 2026These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.
Restrictions
Current evidence indexed
2 actions in this collection
Governance
Evidence gap
No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.
Learning
Current evidence indexed
3 actions in this collection
Local policies must restrict devices during classroom instruction; districts may choose stronger restrictions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Iowa requires standards-aligned computer science instruction in at least one grade from 1–6. The requirement does not specify instruction in every elementary grade.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Iowa requires standards-aligned computer science instruction in seventh or eighth grade. Districts decide how to organize the instruction.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
High schools must offer and teach at least one standards-aligned half-unit CS course. This finding establishes course availability, rather than a requirement that every student take it.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Caps K–5 digital instruction at 60 minutes daily, requires local policies and a checklist before adopting or renewing 1:1 programs.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
Consistent 16-dimension checklist
Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 4/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.
| Dimension | Current statewide evidence | Other published evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Personal devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| School-issued devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Screen time | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Student AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Staff AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI governance | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Social media / network | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Privacy / cybersecurity | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Computer science | 3 linked actions | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Digital literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Media literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Digital citizenship | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Cybersecurity literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Data literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Social-media literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
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