HSB 778: Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, and department of workforce development, and modifying provisions related to the Iowa special education council, the school budget review committee, and the calculation of basic enrollment, and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to and makes appropriations to the education system. The bill appropriates moneys for FY 2026-2027 from the general fund of the state and other funds to the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents and its institutions, and department of workforce development. The bill is organized by divisions. DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND. The bill appropriates moneys to the department for the blind for its administration. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The bill appropriates moneys to the department of education for purposes of the department’s general administration and for purposes of supporting the department’s various entities, programs, funds, and duties, including but not limited to the public broadcasting division, community colleges, the Iowa school for the deaf and Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program, the division of special education, and the college student aid commission.

House subcommittee · named April 14, 2026

• Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R) · dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Brooke Boden (R) · brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D) · tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Samantha Fett (R) · samantha.fett@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Bob Henderson (R) · robert.henderson@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Heather Hora (R) · heather.hora@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D) · elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Brent Siegrist (R) · brent.siegrist@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); Code.org; Decoding Dyslexia Iowa; EveryStep; Iowa Alliance for Arts Education; Iowa Barber and Cosmetology School Association; Iowa Soybean Association; Western Governors University

In plain words

1. April 14, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee
2. April 14, 2026House subcommittee named: Gehlbach, Boden, Ehlert, Fett, Henderson, Hora, Levin, Matson and Siegrist
3. April 16, 2026Approved by the House committee
4. April 16, 2026Committee vote: 15–7
5. April 21, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2783