Providing for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 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 provides for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025.10(9), for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment. Under the bill, the budget adjustment shall be limited to the additional amount necessary to comply with the requirements for the school district’s teacher leadership positions. The board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive a budget adjustment pursuant to the bill shall adopt a resolution to receive the adjustment and notify the school budget review committee annually, but not earlier than November 1, as determined by the department of education.

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 February 13, 2025. On February 18, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Dan Gehlbach REmail
• Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert DEmail
• Rep. Henry Stone REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§257.13A

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