Relating to school district general fund flexibility accounts by expanding eligible funding sources and modifying expenditure approval requirements

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2026
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2026
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   Done: Senate committeeJanuary 29, 2026
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

This bill relates to school district general fund flexibility accounts.10(9). The bill authorizes school districts to transfer any unexpended and unobligated teacher salary supplement funds at the end of a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2026, into the school district’s flexibility account, provided all requirements for the use of those funds are met. The bill also removes the requirement that a school district hold a public hearing and publish a notice before approving expenditures from a general fund flexibility account.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2026. On January 22, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Lynn Evans REmail
• Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen REmail
• Sen. Mike Zimmer DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§257.10§298A.2

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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