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HF 2754

Overhauls Iowa charter school approval, contracts, and oversight rules

The bill changes how Iowa approves, funds, and oversees charter schools, including who can authorize them and how contracts and renewals work. It also changes rules for open enrollment, teacher licensing, preschool, and several other education programs.

Official title

A bill for an act 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, private instruction, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2713, HSB 735.) Effective date: 05/12/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.

Signed5 of 5

Where it stands

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. House
  4. Senate
  5. Governor

Last action, May 26: Fiscal note.

Votes

Rules that carry this out

History

  • Fiscal note.House · May 26
  • Signed by Governor. H.J. 1168.House · May 12
  • Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1164.House · May 6
  • Message from Senate. H.J. 1014.House · Apr 28
  • Immediate message. S.J. 895.Senate · Apr 27
  • Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 17. S.J. 895.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5224 filed, lost. S.J. 894.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5223 filed, lost. S.J. 893.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5222 filed, lost. S.J. 893.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5221 filed, lost. S.J. 892.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5220 filed, lost. S.J. 891.Senate · Apr 27
  • Amendment S-5219 filed, lost. S.J. 891.Senate · Apr 27
  • Deferred. S.J. 887.Senate · Apr 27
  • Substituted for SF 2501. S.J. 887.Senate · Apr 27
  • Fiscal note.Senate · Apr 27
  • Read first time, attached to SF 2501. S.J. 825.Senate · Apr 16
  • Message from House. S.J. 825.Senate · Apr 16
  • Immediate message. H.J. 933.House · Apr 16
  • Explanation of vote. H.J. 1158.House · May 2
  • Passed House, yeas 53, nays 34. H.J. 929.House · Apr 16
  • Amendment H-8371 adopted, as amended. H.J. 929.House · Apr 16
  • Explanation of vote. H.J. 1158.House · May 2
  • Amendment H-8372 to amendment H-8371, yeas 54, nays 34, filed, adopted. H.J. 927.House · Apr 16
  • Explanation of vote. H.J. 1158.House · May 2
  • Amendment H-8373 to amendment H-8371, yeas 27, nays 60, filed, adopted. H.J. 926.House · Apr 16
  • Amendment H-8371 filed. H.J. 921.House · Apr 15
  • Fiscal note.House · Apr 9
  • Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. H.J. 807.House · Apr 6