SF 322: Relating to information collected from applicants for education savings accounts and information reported by the department of education, and including effective date provisions

What it does

11B to provide education savings account payments to qualified pupils attending nonpublic schools for the payment of qualified educational expenses. This bill requires, as part of the application, the parent or guardian to provide information regarding household income, household size, race and ethnicity of the pupil, disability status, and whether the pupil has an individual education program. The department of education or third-party entity administering the program shall anonymize, summarize, and report such information annually to the general assembly by December along with other information required in the bill relating to demographic and educational information of education savings account recipients, reasons for student withdrawals or expulsions during the school year, audits conducted related to the program, and nonpublic school tuition and fee information and qualified educational expenditure information, as required to be reported in the bill.

Senate subcommittee · named February 22, 2023

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against

For: Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

Against: The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

In plain words

1. February 16, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 22, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink and Trone Garriott