Bills › 91st General Assembly
SF 2501Withdrawn · HF 2754 became law instead · April 27, 2026
Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Appropriations (successor To Sf 2175) Committee, Sen. Jesse Green (R)
Topics:State budgetK–12 educationHigher educationVouchers & education savings accounts
Same legislation: SF 2175, HSB 735, SF 2425, HF 2713, HF 2754
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 23, 2026
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 27, 202629–17
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 16, 202653–34
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawMay 12, 2026
HF 2754 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2754, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2754 What’s a funnel?
Lobbyist declarations
For · 14Against · 11Undecided · 18
- Adventureland Amusement ParkAgainst
- Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action FundAgainst
- Iowa Association of School BoardsAgainst
- Iowa Retired School Personnel AssociationAgainst
- Iowa State Education AssociationAgainst
- Iowa State FairAgainst
- Iowa Travel Industry PartnersAgainst
- Okoboji TourismAgainst
- Rural School Advocates of IowaAgainst
- School Administrators of IowaAgainst
- Urban Education Network of IowaAgainst
- American Federation for ChildrenFor
- Americans For ProsperityFor
- Excellence in Education National, Inc., d/b/a Excellence in Education in ActionFor
- Homeschool IowaFor
- Inspired LifeFor
- Iowa Advocates for Choice in EducationFor
- Iowa Association of Christian SchoolsFor
- Iowa Catholic ConferenceFor
- Iowa Coalition for Public Charter SchoolsFor
- Master Builders of IowaFor
- National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsFor
- The Family LeaderFor
- The Family Leader FoundationFor
- Yes. Every Kid.For
- Area Education Agencies of IowaUndecided
- Common Good IowaUndecided
- Easterseals IowaUndecided
- Homeschool IowaUndecided
- IPERSUndecided
- Iowa Alliance of YMCA'sUndecided
- Iowa Association of School BoardsUndecided
- Iowa Board of RegentsUndecided
- Iowa Central Community CollegeUndecided
- Iowa Developmental Disabilities CouncilUndecided
- Iowa Finance AuthorityUndecided
- Iowa State FairUndecided
- Iowa Talented and Gifted AssociationUndecided
- League of Women Voters of IowaUndecided
- OdysseyUndecided
- Okoboji TourismUndecided
- Professional Educators of IowaUndecided
- Urban County CoalitionUndecided