Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to granting supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount for school districts with high open enrollments, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by Rep. Matthew Rinker (R)
Topics:K–12 educationTaxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 6, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 School districts that see a large number of new students enrolling can receive extra financial help from the state. This change updates how that extra money is calculated and removes the current time limit on when districts can receive it. It also includes a rule to make sure a district's property tax rate does not go up the year after they receive this extra funding.1
Read the official explanation
31(5) establishes circumstances under which the school budget review committee (committee) may grant supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount to a district. This bill modifies the calculations for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount for such school districts under circumstances of high open enrollment into the district by striking the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil from the amount. The bill strikes the limitation that specified a school district is only eligible for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount related to increasing open enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024. 31(5)(o) with modifications. The provision specifies that if a school district with high open enrollment into the district is granted a modified supplemental amount for a budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2025, the school district’s combined property tax rate for all school district levies for the succeeding budget year shall not exceed the combined property tax rate for all such levies for the budget year for which the modified supplemental amount was granted. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§257.31