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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2543: Relating to education by establishing a right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease school district property and modifying charter school and open enrollment funding, and charter school board member requirements

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to education by establishing a right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease school district property and modifying charter school and open enrollment funding, and charter school board member requirements. DIVISION I —— FUNDING FORMULA. The bill requires the department of education, when a student enrolls in a charter school, to pay the charter school a sum equal to the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year plus the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil, the teacher salary supplement cost per pupil, the professional development supplement state cost per pupil, and the early intervention supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year, plus any moneys that would be due to the student’s school district of residence as a result of non-English speaking weighting for the budget year, multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the budget year.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 6, 2024

  • Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Sue Cahill (D)
  • Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R) · dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 7 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Choice Charter School; Governor's Office; Inspired Life; Iowa Coalition for Public Charter Schools; Iowa Department of Education; National Alliance of Public Charter Schools; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Iowa Travel Industry Partners; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee · as HSB 673
  2. February 6, 2024House subcommittee named: Johnson, Cahill and Gehlbach · as HSB 673
  3. February 13, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 673
  4. February 13, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 673
  5. February 15, 2024Filed in the House
  6. February 15, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2543 · as HSB 673
  7. April 19, 2024Withdrawn

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/90/HF2543