Relating to school district budgeting by modifying provisions relating to proposed property tax amounts

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 31, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 31, 2026
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeApril 8, 2026
4. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseApril 20, 202691–1
5. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
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

2A as part of the budgeting process. This bill permits a school district, due to the timing of enrollment determinations and the enactment of school aid legislation, to increase the proposed property tax amount to be included in the school district’s budget.2A shall not exceed such property tax dollar amounts calculated using percents of growth equal to those applicable to the immediately preceding school budget year.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-8382; see Amendments. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named April 28, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Carrie Koelker REmail
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. David D. Rowley REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§24.2A

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

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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