Authorizing expenditures from certain funds by small school districts

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill authorizes expenditures from certain funds by small school districts. Under the bill, a school district with a budget enrollment of 200 students or less for each of the three most recent budget years may use, for up to five years, the unencumbered and unobligated moneys remaining in the physical plant and equipment levy fund (PPEL) and public education and recreation levy fund (PERL) for any school district general fund purpose, other than for salary and benefits. The bill also permits such a school district to adopt a new revenue purpose statement that includes the use of unobligated and unreserved revenues received from the secure an advanced vision for education fund (SAVE) for up to five years for any school district general fund purpose, other than for salary and benefits.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 30, 2025. On February 5, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Thomas Jay Moore REmail
• Rep. Bob Henderson REmail
• Rep. Elinor A. Levin DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§298.3§298A.6§423F.3

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works