Education bills
Bills the Iowa Department of Education tracks, plus bills in the education committees, with where each one stands and the meetings that took it up.
- 2025–2026 session29 bills
- HF 2754May 26StateVouchers and ESAs
Overhauls Iowa charter school approval, contracts, and oversight rules
Fiscal note.
Signed - SF 2501Apr 27StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school rules, funding, and oversight statewide
Withdrawn. S.J. 895.
Introduced - HF 2713Apr 20StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school funding, retirement, and facilities support
Withdrawn. H.J. 949.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2755Apr 20StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires Iowa to join federal scholarship tax credit program
Subcommittee: Green, Dickey, and Winckler. S.J. 841.
Passed House - SF 2425Apr 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school funding, retirement coverage and facility loans
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2501. S.J. 826.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HF 2308Apr 9StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires Iowa to join federal scholarship granting tax credit
Withdrawn. H.J. 870.
IntroducedOn 3 meeting agendas - SF 2406Mar 19StateVouchers and ESAs
Consolidates charter school laws and ends innovation zone schools
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 599.
Introduced - HF 2737Mar 9StateVouchers and ESAs
Limits education savings accounts to lower-income families and ends program in 2029
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 607.
Introduced - HF 2699Mar 4StateVouchers and ESAs
Overhauls charter school rules and ends innovation zone schools
Subcommittee recommends passage.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 735Feb 24StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school, nonpublic school and preschool funding and rules
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2713.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - HSB 676Feb 23StateVouchers and ESAs
Consolidates charter school law and ends innovation zone schools
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2699.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SF 2175Feb 23StateVouchers and ESAs
Expands charter school funding, IPERS coverage, and education savings accounts
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2425. S.J. 366.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 3170Feb 18StateVouchers and ESAs
Consolidates charter school laws and ends innovation zone schools
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2406.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - SF 2358Feb 17StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets students at nonpublic schools drive farther with waiver
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 306.
Introduced - HSB 681Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires school dress code policies for all public, charter schools
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2486.
IntroducedOn 2 meeting agendas - SSB 3108Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets students at private schools drive farther to school
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2358.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2486Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires school dress code policies for grades K-12, including charter schools
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 297.
Introduced - SF 2241Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Tightens charter school oversight, governance, and financial reporting rules
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Pike.
Introduced - SF 2244Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Adds accountability rules for private schools in education savings accounts
Subcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Winckler.
Introduced - SF 2321Feb 16StateVouchers and ESAs
Repeals Iowa's education savings account program for private school students
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Rozenboom, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 295.
Introduced - HF 2211Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets nonpublic students join public school show choir and marching band
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 12:30PM RM 19 (Cancelled).
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2004Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets nonpublic students join public school activities like theater and band
Subcommittee: Stone, Johnson, C. and Ramirez. H.J. 248.
Introduced - SF 2228Feb 10StateVouchers and ESAs
Cuts school foundation property tax and ends education savings accounts
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 244.
Introduced - HF 2265Feb 3StateVouchers and ESAs
Limits education savings account payments to households under 400% poverty
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 193.
Introduced - SF 2061Jan 28StateVouchers and ESAs
Creates grants for nonpublic school safety upgrades funded by $1 million yearly
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 10:30AM Senate Lounge.
IntroducedOn 1 meeting agenda - HF 2186Jan 28StateVouchers and ESAs
Adds a December semester application window for education savings accounts
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 164.
Introduced - HF 2172Jan 27StateVouchers and ESAs
Lets education savings account pupils take norm-referenced tests
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 157.
Introduced - HF 2152Jan 26StateVouchers and ESAs
Repeals school tuition organization tax credit for income taxes
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 150.
Introduced - SF 2018Jan 13StateVouchers and ESAs
Requires private accredited schools to provide special education services
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 67.
Introduced