HF315 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to budget adjustments by school districts affected by a natural disaster.(Formerly HF 60 .)

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Last action: 2025-04-16
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to budget adjustments by school districts affected by a natural disaster.(Formerly HF 60 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to budget adjustments by school districts affected by a natural disaster.(Formerly HF 60 .)

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Bill History

2025-04-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-04-15 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/16/2025 8:00AM Lobbyist Lounge.
2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Green, Driscoll, and Townsend. S.J. 780 .
2025-04-08 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 720 .
2025-04-07 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-07 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 715 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/19/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Explanation of vote. H.J. 718 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Evans, Shipley, and Winckler. S.J. 507 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Education. S.J. 458 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 458 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 590 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 88, nays 1. H.J. 588 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 278 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to budget adjustments by school districts affected by a natural disaster.(Formerly HF 60 .)

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House

File

315

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

315

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

60)

(COMPANION

TO

SF

64

BY

EVANS)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

budget

adjustments

by

school

districts

1

affected

by

a

natural

disaster.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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315

Section

1.

Section

257.14,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

a.

For

the

budget

year

commencing

July

1,

2016,

and

3

succeeding

budget

years,

a

school

district

shall

be

eligible

4

for

a

budget

adjustment

in

an

amount

equal

to

the

difference

5

between

the

regular

program

district

cost

for

the

budget

year

6

and

one

hundred

one

percent

of

the

regular

program

district

7

cost

for

the

base

year.

8

b.

If

a

school

district

receives

a

budget

adjustment

under

9

this

section

in

the

base

year

and

during

such

base

year

or

10

the

budget

year

preceding

the

base

year

a

natural

disaster

11

impacts

the

school

district

for

which

a

major

disaster

has

12

been

declared

to

exist

by

the

president

of

the

United

States

13

or

for

which

the

governor

has

proclaimed

a

state

of

disaster

14

emergency,

the

school

district

shall

be

eligible

for

a

budget

15

adjustment

in

an

amount

equal

to

the

amount

of

the

school

16

district’s

budget

adjustment

for

the

base

year.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

relates

to

budget

adjustments

by

school

districts

21

affected

by

a

natural

disaster.

22

Currently,

a

school

district

is

eligible

for

a

budget

23

adjustment

in

an

amount

equal

to

the

difference

between

the

24

regular

program

district

cost

for

the

budget

year

and

101

25

percent

of

the

regular

program

district

cost

for

the

base

year.

26

The

bill

provides

for

an

additional

year

of

budget

27

adjustment

if,

during

the

base

year

or

the

budget

year

28

preceding

the

base

year,

a

natural

disaster

impacts

the

school

29

district

for

which

a

major

disaster

has

been

declared

to

exist

30

by

the

president

of

the

United

States

or

for

which

the

governor

31

has

proclaimed

a

state

of

disaster

emergency.

The

amount

of

32

such

additional

year

of

budget

adjustment

shall

be

equal

to

the

33

amount

of

the

school

district’s

budget

adjustment

for

the

base

34

year.

35

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