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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 847: Modifying provisions relating to city and county powers and educational programs, requirements, funding, tax credits and deductions, open enrollment, supplementary weighting, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

Signed into law

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The allowance for FS3 programs will have no fiscal impact to the State; however, additional DE administration and oversight may be required. Changes to districts’ flexibility accounts under the provisions of this Bill will have no fiscal impact to the State. S…

Senate subcommittee · named April 6, 2021

  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Zach Whiting (R)

Lobbying · 10 for, 10 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; EdChoice; Governor's Office; Homeschool Iowa; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Department of Education; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. March 22, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 22, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 25, 2021Passed the House, 62–33
  4. March 29, 2021Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 30, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. April 6, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Quirmbach and Whiting
  7. April 7, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
  8. April 22, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  9. April 28, 2021Passed the Senate, 42–6
  10. May 4, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  11. May 19, 2021Passed the House, 53–35
  12. May 19, 2021Passed the Senate, 29–17
  13. May 19, 2021Sent to the Governor
  14. May 20, 2021Signed into law
  15. June 24, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF847