Education
Oversees Iowa’s public schools and community colleges: standards, teacher licensing and the money that flows through the school funding formula. It also runs student aid programs that used to belong to the College Student Aid Commission.
Who leads it
Director · Appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate.
Official website
General Fund, FY27 est.
$4.80B
Its budget over time
General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1. Most of this is state school aid, a standing appropriation set in the Iowa Code. Earlier years include the College Student Aid Commission.
$4.80B
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $4.80B |
| FY26 | $4.68B |
| FY25 | $4.48B |
| FY24 | $4.23B |
| FY23 | $3.99B |
| FY22 | $3.82B |
| FY21 | $3.76B |
| FY20 | $3.67B |
| FY19 | $3.56B |
| FY18 | $3.53B |
| FY17 | $3.50B |
| FY16 | $3.37B |
| FY15 | $3.29B |
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $4.80B |
| FY26 | $4.68B |
| FY25 | $4.48B |
| FY24 | $4.23B |
| FY23 | $3.99B |
| FY22 | $3.82B |
| FY21 | $3.76B |
| FY20 | $3.67B |
| FY19 | $3.56B |
| FY18 | $3.53B |
| FY17 | $3.50B |
| FY16 | $3.37B |
| FY15 | $3.29B |
Bills that would change its laws
Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 256, chapter 257, chapter 279.
- SF 2507Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawn
- HF 2783Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education councilSigned with item vetoes
- SF 2501Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisionsWithdrawn
- SF 2491Providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan repayment recipient to exclude net income attributable to loan payments received under the programDied when the session ended
- HF 2760Creating an attorney loan repayment program, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
- SF 2482Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regentsWithdrawn
- HF 2754Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, private instruction, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisionsSigned by Governor
- HF 2752Relating to the teach Iowa scholar program, including modifying eligibility provisions and establishing funding allocationsDied when the session ended
- HF 2745Relating to state and local government taxes, budgets, and authority, by modifying provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of property, funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, urban renewal areas, establishing a program for certain first-time homebuyers, establishing a local government efficiency grant fund, making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
- SF 2472Relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of revenue, and funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying and making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsSigned by Governor
- HF 2737Relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
- HF 2736Modifying provisions related to area education agency funding, and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session ended