Fall 2019

FALL 2019

HOMESCHOOL IOWA 19

How Do I Find and Contact My

State Senator or Representative

BY LAURA CARLSON, HI ADVOCACY TEAM MEMBER

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Homeschool Iowa

asks you to contact your state legislators. Send a

thank-you card or an introduction of your family. Summer and fall is the best time

to contact them, prior to the legislative session. Who are these elected officials?

Here’s how to find them:

1) Go to this page on our Homeschool Iowa website:

iowa-law/legislative-updates/.

2) Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click the blue button labeled

“Find My Legislator.”

3) The new page that will open is the Iowa Legislature’s “Find Your Legislator”

tool.

4) Type in your address to locate your district’s senator and representative.

Type in your house number, street address, and city. (No need to enter the state)

5) The new page that opens will have a picture and the name of your state

senator and state representative. Additionally, the Iowa district number for your

address is included. If you click on your senator or representative’s name, a page

will open with all the information you will want to call, write, or email this per-

son. Included are the committees that they serve with such as education, eth-

ics, agriculture, or ways and means. If you click on the district number next to

the picture, a map will open which outlines the district you live in. It is nice to

memorize your district for conversations at voter forums in your community.

6) Bookmark this page for your senator and your representative. You will want

to contact them during the year as legislation is considered or to send a thank-

you note.

I hope you contact your senator and legislator before the next session, which begins

in January 2020. This is part two of the 2019-2020 legislative session. Some bills will be

continued from the 2019 session and others will be new.

Our Homeschool Iowa Advocacy Team’s goal is to stay on top of bills that may affect

homeschool families as the session proceeds. We contact legislators, if appropriate. We

may ask you to contact them, if appropriate. The HI Advocacy Team makes relationships

with Iowa senators and representatives with the purpose to educate them about how

laws affect homeschool familie, and to encourage homeschool supporters as partners in

making laws we all operate under. You may keep up with legislative updates at http://

If you have questions, please con-

tact the team at