SF 127: Establishing an education savings grant program for certain pupils attending a nonpublic school, establishing an education savings grant fund, providing an income tax exemption, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill establishes an education savings grant program for certain pupils attending a nonpublic school. Division I of the bill provides that the Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Student Opportunity Act”. Under Division II of the bill, the following pupils who attend a nonpublic school in this state and who maintain enrollment for the entirety of the required attendance period of the school year are eligible to apply for an education savings grant: (1) a pupil eligible to enroll in grade through grade if the pupil has attended a public school identified for comprehensive support and improvement under federal law for the equivalent of the two immediately preceding semesters; or (2) a pupil who received an education savings grant for the immediately preceding school budget year and who is eligible to enroll in grade through grade 12.

Senate subcommittee · named January 27, 2021

• Sen. Jim Carlin (R)
• Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
• Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 2 for, 7 against

For: Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education; Iowa Central Community College

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 21, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. January 27, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Carlin, Celsi and Zaun