HF 187: Modifying provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill modifies provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program.11B (education savings account program): a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in kindergarten, a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades through and was not enrolled in a nonpublic school for the school year immediately preceding the school year for which the education savings account payment is requested, a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades through and was enrolled in a nonpublic school for the school year immediately preceding the school year for which the education savings account payment is requested if the pupil’s household has an annual income less than or equal to 400 percent of the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services, and a resident pupil who received an education savings account payment in the immediately preceding school budget year.

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 30, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee