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House
File
445
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
445
BY
FETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
application
periods
for
1
the
education
savings
account
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11B,
subsections
3
and
4,
Code
2025,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
(1)
On
or
after
January
1,
but
on
or
before
June
3
30,
preceding
the
school
year
for
which
the
education
savings
4
account
payment
is
requested,
the
parent
or
guardian
of
an
5
eligible
pupil
may
request
an
education
savings
account
payment
6
by
submitting
an
application
to
the
department
of
education.
7
(2)
On
or
after
December
1,
but
on
or
before
December
20,
8
preceding
the
semester
for
which
the
education
savings
account
9
payment
is
requested,
the
parent
or
guardian
of
an
eligible
10
pupil
may
request
an
education
savings
account
payment
by
11
submitting
an
application
to
the
department
of
education.
12
b.
Within
thirty
days
following
submission
of
an
13
application,
the
department
of
education
or
third-party
entity
14
shall
notify
the
parent
or
guardian
of
each
pupil
approved
for
15
the
following
school
year
or
semester
and
specify
the
amount
of
16
the
education
savings
account
payment
for
the
pupil,
if
known
17
at
the
time
of
the
notice.
As
soon
as
practical
following
the
18
processing
of
all
applications,
the
department
of
education
or
19
third-party
entity
shall
determine
the
number
of
pupils
in
each
20
school
district
approved
for
the
school
budget
year
and
provide
21
such
information
to
the
department
of
management.
22
c.
Education
savings
account
payments
shall
only
be
23
approved
for
one
school
year
or
one
semester,
as
applicable,
24
and
applications
must
be
submitted
annually
for
payments
in
25
subsequent
school
years.
26
4.
Each
education
savings
account
payment
shall
be
equal
to
27
the
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
same
school
28
budget
year
;
provided,
however,
that
an
education
savings
29
account
payment
shall
be
equal
to
fifty
percent
of
the
regular
30
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
same
school
budget
year
if
31
the
pupil’s
parent
or
guardian
submitted
an
application
under
32
subsection
3,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2)
.
33
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11B,
subsection
6,
paragraph
a,
Code
34
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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a.
For
each
pupil
approved
for
an
education
savings
account
1
payment,
the
department
of
education
or
third-party
entity
2
shall
establish
an
individual
account
for
that
pupil
in
the
3
education
savings
account
fund.
The
If
the
pupil’s
parent
4
or
guardian
submitted
an
application
under
subsection
3,
5
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
the
amount
of
the
pupil’s
6
education
savings
account
payment
shall
be
deposited
into
7
the
pupil’s
individual
account
on
July
15
or
thirty
days
8
following
submission
of
the
application,
whichever
is
later,
9
and
such
amount
shall
be
immediately
available
for
the
payment
10
of
qualified
educational
expenses
incurred
by
the
parent
or
11
guardian
for
the
pupil
during
that
fiscal
year
using
a
payment
12
method
authorized
under
subsection
5
.
If
the
pupil’s
parent
or
13
guardian
submitted
an
application
under
subsection
3,
paragraph
14
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2),
the
amount
of
the
pupil’s
education
15
savings
account
payment
shall
be
deposited
into
the
pupil’s
16
individual
account
within
thirty
days
following
submission
of
17
the
application,
and
such
amount
shall
be
immediately
available
18
for
the
payment
of
qualified
educational
expenses
incurred
by
19
the
parent
or
guardian
for
the
pupil
during
that
fiscal
year
20
using
a
payment
method
authorized
under
subsection
5.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
application
periods
25
for
the
education
savings
account
program.
26
The
education
savings
account
program
is
a
program
that
27
provides
funds
to
pupils
who
attend
nonpublic
schools
to
28
pay
for
qualified
educational
expenses,
including
but
not
29
limited
to
tuition,
tutoring
or
cognitive
skill
training
fees,
30
educational
therapy
costs,
software
expenses,
and
expenses
31
related
to
course
materials.
Under
current
law,
the
parent
32
or
guardian
of
a
pupil
is
required
to
submit
an
application
33
for
payment
under
the
education
savings
account
program
to
the
34
department
of
education
on
or
after
January
1,
but
on
or
before
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June
30,
preceding
the
school
year
for
which
the
education
1
savings
account
payment
is
requested.
The
bill
allows
the
2
parent
or
guardian
of
a
pupil
to
submit
such
an
application
on
3
or
after
December
1,
but
on
or
before
December
20,
preceding
4
the
semester
for
which
the
education
savings
account
payment
5
is
requested.
Additionally,
under
current
law
each
education
6
savings
account
payment
is
equal
to
the
regular
program
state
7
cost
per
pupil
for
the
same
school
budget
year.
The
bill
8
provides
that,
if
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
pupil
submitted
9
such
an
application
on
or
after
December
1,
but
on
or
before
10
December
20,
preceding
the
semester
for
which
the
education
11
savings
account
payment
is
requested,
the
education
savings
12
account
payment
for
such
pupil
is
equal
to
50
percent
of
the
13
regular
program
state
cost
per
pupil
for
the
same
school
budget
14
year.
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes.
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