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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HSB 147: Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring special education, the duties of the department of education, and minimum teacher salaries, and including effective date provisions

Became HF 787 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring special education, the duties of the department of education (DE), and minimum teacher salaries. DIVISION I —— TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT COST PER PUPIL. Current law requires the department of management (DOM), beginning July 1, 2025, to categorize all school districts into not more than tiers according to each school district’s actual enrollment and to calculate and assign to all school districts within each tier a teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil in an amount based on the average cost to school districts within the tier to meet requirements related to minimum teacher salaries.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 11, 2025

  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 0 against

For: Governor's Office; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Department of Education; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 11, 2025House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Johnson, C. and Matson
  3. February 18, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 27, 2025Approved by the House committee
  5. February 27, 2025Committee vote: 23–0
  6. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 787

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HSB147