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

SF 2061: Establishing a nonpublic school safety infrastructure grant program and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a nonpublic school safety infrastructure fund to provide grants to accredited nonpublic schools for school safety and security infrastructure projects, as defined in the bill. Beginning with FY 2027, the bill transfers $1 million annually from the secure an advanced vision for education fund to support the fund and directs the department of education to adopt rules to administer the program in order to provide competitive grants to accredited nonpublic schools for school safety and security infrastructure projects.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 21, 2026

Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 8 against

For: Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Professional Educators of Iowa

Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa State Education Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Siouxland Bitches Get Stuff Done; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

January 15, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
January 21, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Salmon, Green and Quirmbach