Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, introduced legislation in the state’s House and Senate Jan. 27 to monitor and combat antisemitism in public schools, colleges, and universities across the state.
According to a press release from her office, Reynolds’ bill requires all community colleges, state universities, and public K-12 schools to provide annual reports of antisemitic actions and detail the findings and conclusions of any investigations into the behavior.
In the release, Reynolds affirmed that “Antisemitism has no place in Iowa.”
“This proposal sends a message that Iowans fully support our Jewish community, and we will not tolerate antisemitism of any kind,” she added. The bill follows her June 2025 executive order, which directed the Iowa Board of Regents to cooperate with the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office to ensure that Jewish students were being protected.
Reynolds highlighted in a statement on X that the introduction of the bill coincided with Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day that she said is “a reminder of the dangers of antisemitism, and the necessity of fighting this evil, wherever it appears.” She added that the bill will ensure that Iowa “never turns a blind eye” to antisemitic behavior.
According to the release, Iowa’s three public universities last year reported 10 formal and 34 informal complaints of antisemitism.
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