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

SF 442: 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

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 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

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 5, 2025

  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@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 4, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee · as SSB 1100
  2. February 5, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Pike and Quirmbach · as SSB 1100
  3. February 20, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 1100
  4. February 25, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 442 · as SSB 1100
  5. February 26, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. February 26, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. April 9, 2025Withdrawn

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/SF442