Requiring the director of the department of education to establish a special education weighting work group

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 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 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

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill directs the director of the department of education to establish and appoint members to a special education weighting plan work group to review the special education weighting plan under Code section 256B.9, and shall consider ways to increase special education weightings. The bill directs the department of education to work cooperatively to provide staffing assistance for the work group and establishes the minimum persons comprising the work group. By January 2, 2026, the work group is required to submit recommendations to the general assembly and the governor for adjustments to special education weightings.

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 March 4, 2025. On March 5, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Ryan Weldon REmail
• Rep. Chad Ingels REmail
• Rep. Heather Matson DEmail

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