Iowa Education Legislative Watch
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HSB 557

Limits English learner open enrollment transfers based on program capacity

Under this bill, a request to open enroll an English learner into another district is granted only if the receiving district has an appropriate English learner program and enough class and classroom space. The bill also sets how much the student's home district must pay the receiving district for these students.

Official title

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to English learner participation in open enrollment and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2363.)

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Where it stands

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

Last action, Feb 9: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2363.

On these agendas

History

  • Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2363.House · Feb 9
  • Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1. Excused, 0. H.J. 219.House · Feb 4
  • Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 218.House · Feb 4
  • Subcommittee recommends passage.House · Jan 29
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 1:00PM House Lounge 2.House · Jan 26
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2026 12:30PM House Lounge (Cancelled).House · Jan 20
  • Subcommittee: Stone, Behn and Ehlert. H.J. 98.House · Jan 14
  • Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 96.House · Jan 14
  • By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONHouse · Jan 14