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

SF 247: Relating to supplemental aid and modified supplemental amounts for certain school districts relating to open enrollment and including effective date and applicability provisions

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

31 provides that if a school district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual need for additional funds, including but not limited to the circumstances enumerated in the Code section, the school budget review committee may grant supplemental aid to the district from certain funds appropriated to the department of education for the use of the school budget review committee or may establish a modified supplemental amount for the district, or both. This bill adds an additional circumstance under which a school district may request such amounts from the school budget review committee.

Cost

See the fiscal note

4 million for 13 school districts, beginning with FY 2024. The funding for the MSAs will be paid from resources available to the school district or from increased property tax collections. If the Bill is enacted after February 28, 2023, the resources would not…

Senate subcommittee · named February 15, 2023

Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa

In plain words

February 8, 2023Filed in the Senate
February 8, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
February 13, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
February 15, 2023Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
February 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Dawson and Winckler
March 22, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it