HF 2800
Cuts school aid and changes nonpublic transportation funding
The bill lowers state aid to school districts by $32.5 million a year starting in fiscal 2027, with $10 million redirected to special education oversight. It also caps nonpublic school pupil transportation payments and adds a required American history and government course for public university undergraduates.
Official title
A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees' retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 784.) Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 06/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 05/12/2026, 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026, 07/01/2028.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- Governor
Last action, Jun 2: Item vetoed, signed by Governor. H.J. 1178.
Votes
Rules that carry this out
- Extracurricular interscholastic competition, 36.1, 36.7(1), 36.8ARC 0439D · Comment closed
- Extracurricular interscholastic competition, 36.1, 36.7(1), 36.8ARC 0438D · Adopted
History
- Item vetoed, signed by Governor. H.J. 1178.House · Jun 2
- NOBA: FinalHouse · May 19
- Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1164.House · May 18
- Message from Senate. H.J. 1163.House · May 3
- Immediate message. S.J. 1022.Senate · May 3
- Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 11. S.J. 1021.Senate · May 3
- Substituted for SF 2507. S.J. 1021.Senate · May 3
- Read first time, attached to SF 2507. S.J. 1018.Senate · May 3
- Message from House. S.J. 1018.Senate · May 3
- Immediate message. H.J. 1155.House · May 2
- Explanation of vote. H.J. 1164.House · May 2
- Explanation of vote. H.J. 1158.House · May 2
- Passed House, yeas 58, nays 26. H.J. 1154.House · May 2
- Amendment H-8491 adopted. H.J. 1154.House · May 2
- Amendment H-8493 to amendment H-8491 filed, withdrawn. H.J. 1154.House · May 2
- Explanation of vote. H.J. 1164.House · May 2
- Amendment H-8494 to amendment H-8491, yeas 28, nays 56, filed, lost. H.J. 1153.House · May 2
- Amendment H-8492 to amendment H-8491 filed, withdrawn. H.J. 1153.House · May 2
- Amendment H-8491 filed. H.J. 1153.House · May 2
- Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. H.J. 1129.House · May 2