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House
File
187
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
187
BY
CROKEN
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
and
WILSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
eligibility
for
payments
1
under
the
education
savings
account
program,
and
including
2
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11B,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
For
the
school
budget
year
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
4
1,
2024,
the
following
pupils
who
attend
a
nonpublic
school
5
for
that
school
budget
year
shall
be
eligible
to
receive
an
6
education
savings
account
payment:
7
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11B,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
8
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
9
subparagraph.
10
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
11
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
eligibility
for
16
payments
under
the
education
savings
account
program.
17
Under
current
law,
for
the
school
budget
year
beginning
July
18
1,
2024,
the
following
pupils
who
attend
a
nonpublic
school
are
19
eligible
to
receive
an
education
savings
account
payment
under
20
Code
section
257.11B
(education
savings
account
program):
a
21
resident
pupil
who
is
eligible
to
enroll
in
kindergarten,
a
22
resident
pupil
who
is
eligible
to
enroll
in
grades
1
through
12
23
and
was
not
enrolled
in
a
nonpublic
school
for
the
school
year
24
immediately
preceding
the
school
year
for
which
the
education
25
savings
account
payment
is
requested,
a
resident
pupil
who
is
26
eligible
to
enroll
in
grades
1
through
12
and
was
enrolled
in
27
a
nonpublic
school
for
the
school
year
immediately
preceding
28
the
school
year
for
which
the
education
savings
account
29
payment
is
requested
if
the
pupil’s
household
has
an
annual
30
income
less
than
or
equal
to
400
percent
of
the
most
recently
31
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
the
United
32
States
department
of
health
and
human
services,
and
a
resident
33
pupil
who
received
an
education
savings
account
payment
in
34
the
immediately
preceding
school
budget
year.
Also
under
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current
law,
for
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1
1,
2025,
the
eligibility
requirement
related
to
the
pupil’s
2
household
income
is
removed
and
resident
pupils
eligible
to
3
enroll
in
kindergarten
through
grade
12
who
attend
a
nonpublic
4
school
for
the
applicable
school
budget
year
are
eligible
5
to
receive
an
education
savings
account
payment.
The
bill
6
strikes
this
provision.
The
bill
provides
that
the
eligibility
7
requirement
related
to
the
pupil’s
household
income
applies
to
8
school
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024.
9
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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