Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 168Died when the session ended · January 30, 2025

Relating to notices that nonpublic schools receiving tuition payments from the education savings account program must provide to parents and guardians

Sponsored by Rep. Ken Croken (D)

Topics:K–12 educationVouchers & education savings accounts

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
  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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The director of the department of education will create a list showing which rights and services are available to public school students but not to students in nonpublic schools. Nonpublic schools that accept education savings account payments must give this list to parents and guardians. This ensures families know the differences in services between the two types of schools.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to notices that nonpublic schools receiving tuition payments from the education savings account program must provide to parents and guardians. The bill requires the director of the department of education to develop, in consultation with a statewide organization representing teachers, a statewide organization representing school boards, and area education agencies, a list of the rights and services that are available to students who are enrolled in school districts, and the parents or guardians of such students, that are not available to students who are enrolled in nonpublic schools, or the parents or guardians of such students. The director is required to distribute the list to nonpublic schools.11B (education savings account program) to provide the parent or guardian with a copy of the list.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256.9§257.11B

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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