Requiring the director of the department of education to establish a low-income student and poverty weighting work group

Same legislation: HF 2490

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2020
Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2020
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The director of the department of education will create a group of experts to study how Iowa measures student poverty. This group will look at different ways to decide which low-income students need more help and how to fund them. They must give their recommendations for new or changed funding methods to the governor and the general assembly by early 2021.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill directs the director of the department of education to establish a work group to examine Iowa’s current methodology for determining levels of student poverty and alternative methodologies available, including examination of relevant studies and testimony of relevant experts, determine if the current methodology effectively measures the needs of low-income students, and make recommendations for funding methodologies to provide additional funding for students from low-income households. The bill directs the department of education to work cooperatively to provide staffing assistance for the work group and establishes the minimum persons comprising the work group. By January 2, 2021, the work group is required to submit recommendations to the general assembly and the governor for new or modified funding methodologies to provide additional funding for students from low-income households.

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House subcommittee

Named February 17, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Lobbying

10 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

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