90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HF 413: Establishing the school counselor grant program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations
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
5 million to the program in FY 2023-2024. The bill provides that the program is to increase the number of school counselors who are employed by school districts. The bill authorizes a school district to apply to the department for a grant to employ additional school counselors who hold the proper endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners if, at the time of application, the ratio of the number of school counselors employed by the school district to the number of students enrolled in the school district exceeds one school counselor to 300 students.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against
For: Iowa School Counselors Association; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa
In plain words
- February 22, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF413