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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 2009: Relating to teacher spending accounts

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 teacher spending accounts. The bill requires a portion of the school foundation state aid used to fund school districts to be used for the purpose of establishing teacher spending accounts (TSA) for full-time teachers to use toward expenses that would be deductible under section 62(a)(2)(D)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, which include books, supplies (other than nonathletic supplies for courses of instruction in health or physical education), computer equipment (including related software and services) and other equipment, and supplementary materials used by the eligible educator in the classroom.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2024

  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Professional Educators of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 8, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. January 17, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Gruenhagen and Trone Garriott
  3. January 22, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF2009