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HF2737 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

Education
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
MATSON, EHLERT, GOSA, RAMIREZ, LEVIN, KURTH, WILBURN, SRINIVAS, B. MEYER, BAGNIEWSKI, WICHTENDAHL, AMOS JR., SCHOLTEN, MADISON, BAETH and CROKEN
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 607 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

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  • A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 607 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including modifying eligibility provisions, providing a future repeal date, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

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House

File

2737

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2737

BY

MATSON

,

EHLERT

,

GOSA

,

RAMIREZ

,

LEVIN

,

KURTH

,

WILBURN

,

SRINIVAS

,

B.

MEYER

,

BAGNIEWSKI

,

WICHTENDAHL

,

AMOS

JR.

,

SCHOLTEN

,

MADISON

,

BAETH

,

and

CROKEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

education

savings

account

program,

1

including

modifying

eligibility

provisions,

providing

2

a

future

repeal

date,

and

including

effective

date

and

3

applicability

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256.9,

subsection

66,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

by

striking

the

subsection.

2

Sec.

2.

Section

257.10,

subsection

9,

paragraph

c,

3

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

4

(1)

The

unadjusted

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

5

is

the

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

per

pupil

for

6

each

school

district

for

a

budget

year

multiplied

by

the

sum

7

of

the

budget

enrollment

for

that

school

district

plus

the

8

number

of

resident

pupils

in

the

school

district

that

received

9

an

education

savings

account

payment

under

section

257.11B

for

10

the

base

year

.

11

Sec.

3.

Section

257.10,

subsection

10,

paragraph

c,

12

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

13

(1)

The

unadjusted

professional

development

supplement

14

district

cost

is

the

professional

development

supplement

15

district

cost

per

pupil

for

each

school

district

for

a

budget

16

year

multiplied

by

the

sum

of

the

budget

enrollment

for

that

17

school

district

plus

the

number

of

resident

pupils

in

the

18

school

district

that

received

an

education

savings

account

19

payment

under

section

257.11B

for

the

base

year

.

20

Sec.

4.

Section

257.10,

subsection

11,

paragraph

c,

21

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

22

(1)

The

unadjusted

early

intervention

supplement

district

23

cost

is

the

early

intervention

supplement

district

cost

per

24

pupil

for

each

school

district

for

a

budget

year

multiplied

25

by

the

sum

of

the

budget

enrollment

for

that

school

district

26

plus

the

number

of

resident

pupils

in

the

school

district

that

27

received

an

education

savings

account

payment

under

section

28

257.11B

for

the

base

year

.

29

Sec.

5.

Section

257.10,

subsection

12,

paragraph

c,

30

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

31

(1)

The

unadjusted

teacher

leadership

supplement

district

32

cost

is

the

teacher

leadership

supplement

district

cost

per

33

pupil

for

each

school

district

for

a

budget

year

multiplied

34

by

the

sum

of

the

budget

enrollment

for

that

school

district

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plus

the

number

of

resident

pupils

in

the

school

district

that

1

received

an

education

savings

account

payment

under

section

2

257.11B

for

the

base

year

.

3

Sec.

6.

Section

257.11B,

subsection

2,

paragraph

a,

4

subparagraph

(3),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

5

(3)

For

the

school

budget

years

year

beginning

on

or

after

6

July

1,

2025,

and

the

school

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

7

2026,

resident

pupils

eligible

to

enroll

in

kindergarten

8

through

grade

twelve

who

attend

a

nonpublic

school

for

the

9

applicable

school

budget

year

shall

be

eligible

to

receive

an

10

education

savings

account

payment.

11

Sec.

7.

Section

257.11B,

subsection

2,

paragraph

a,

Code

12

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraphs:

13

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(4)

For

the

school

budget

year

14

beginning

July

1,

2027,

resident

pupils

eligible

to

enroll

in

15

kindergarten

through

grade

twelve

who

attend

a

nonpublic

school

16

for

that

school

budget

year

shall

be

eligible

to

receive

an

17

education

savings

account

payment

if

the

pupil’s

household

has

18

an

annual

income

less

than

or

equal

to

four

hundred

percent

of

19

the

most

recently

revised

poverty

income

guidelines

published

20

by

the

United

States

department

of

health

and

human

services.

21

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(5)

For

the

school

budget

year

22

beginning

July

1,

2028,

resident

pupils

eligible

to

enroll

in

23

kindergarten

through

grade

twelve

who

attend

a

nonpublic

school

24

for

that

school

budget

year

shall

be

eligible

to

receive

an

25

education

savings

account

payment

if

the

pupil’s

household

has

26

an

annual

income

less

than

or

equal

to

three

hundred

percent

of

27

the

most

recently

revised

poverty

income

guidelines

published

28

by

the

United

States

department

of

health

and

human

services.

29

Sec.

8.

Section

257.11B,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

30

following

new

subsection:

31

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

12.

This

section

is

repealed

July

1,

2029.

32

Sec.

9.

Section

422.7,

subsection

43,

Code

2026,

is

amended

33

by

striking

the

subsection.

34

Sec.

10.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

The

following

take

effect

July

1,

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1

1.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

256.9,

2

subsection

66.

3

2.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

4

subsection

9,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

5

3.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

6

subsection

10,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

7

4.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

8

subsection

11,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

9

5.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

10

subsection

12,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

11

6.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

422.7.

12

Sec.

11.

APPLICABILITY.

The

following

apply

July

1,

2030,

13

for

school

budget

years

beginning

on

or

after

that

date:

14

1.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

15

subsection

9,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

16

2.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

17

subsection

10,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

18

3.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

19

subsection

11,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

20

4.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

257.10,

21

subsection

12,

paragraph

“c”,

subparagraph

(1).

22

Sec.

12.

APPLICABILITY.

The

following

applies

to

tax

years

23

beginning

on

or

after

January

1,

2030:

24

The

section

of

this

division

of

this

Act

amending

section

25

422.7,

subsection

43.

26

EXPLANATION

27

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

28

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

29

This

bill

relates

to

eligibility

for

the

education

savings

30

account

program

and

provides

a

future

repeal

date

for

the

31

education

savings

account

program.

32

The

bill

provides

that

for

the

school

budget

year

33

beginning

July

1,

2027,

resident

pupils

eligible

to

enroll

in

34

kindergarten

through

grade

12

attending

a

nonpublic

school

are

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eligible

to

receive

an

education

savings

account

payment

if

the

1

pupil’s

household

annual

income

is

less

than

or

equal

to

400

2

percent

of

the

most

recently

revised

federal

poverty

income

3

guidelines.

Then,

for

the

school

budget

year

beginning

July

4

1,

2028,

resident

pupils

eligible

to

enroll

in

kindergarten

5

through

grade

12

attending

a

nonpublic

school

are

eligible

to

6

receive

an

education

savings

account

payment

if

the

pupil’s

7

household

annual

income

is

less

than

or

equal

to

300

percent

of

8

the

most

recently

revised

federal

poverty

income

guidelines.

9

The

bill

repeals

the

education

savings

account

program

10

effective

July

1,

2029.

11

The

bill

includes

future

corresponding

changes

to

other

12

provisions

of

law

relating

to

the

education

savings

account

13

program

and

specifies

applicability

for

such

changes.

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