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Relating to payments to charter schools by a school district of residence for students enrolled in a charter school, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: HSB 108
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 27, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 Charter schools in Iowa would receive more money from the state for every student they enroll. This change adds a teacher salary supplement to the amount the state already pays these schools.1
Read the official explanation
Currently, each student enrolled in a charter school under Code chapter 256E shall be counted, for state school foundation purposes, in the student’s district of residence. The department of education is then required to pay to the charter school in which the student is enrolled an amount equal to the sum of the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year plus other additional costs specified in Code section 256E.8(2)(a). This bill adds the teacher salary supplement state cost per pupil to the amount required to be paid to the charter school. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
Why it matters. Charter schools would receive additional funding for each enrolled student by including the teacher salary supplement in the state payments sent to them. This change would affect charter schools and the department of education starting with school budget years on or after July 1, 2025.2
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2025 (as HSB 108). On February 6, 2025 it recommended passage.
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