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Yes: 226 • No: 2
IowaHF 78791st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring special education, the duties of the department of education, and minimum teacher salaries, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 147.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
Lower salary floor for returning teacher retirees
Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying returning retired teachers have a $50,000 annual salary floor instead of $62,000. This exception covers licensed teachers with at least 12 years’ experience who return to covered full-time teaching jobs. They must have completed a bona fide retirement under Iowa’s public employee retirement rules. The required minimum is $12,000 lower, but employers do not have to cut anyone’s actual pay.
Out-of-state education placements for qualifying children
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa districts can arrange out-of-state special education placements for qualifying children who remain Iowa residents. Children must be under 18, or under 21 and full-time students, and eligible for Iowa Medicaid benefits. A health coordination team must find the placement necessary for the child to receive the full health benefits. Iowa’s health agency director must certify that placement is needed to prevent a child-welfare court petition. The education director must confirm that the placement provides required special education. The resident district remains responsible for education, but owes payment only after provider notice and a written agreement. That agreement must require periodic invoices and tie payment to required education; the education department resolves districts’ financial disputes.
Field experience rules for future teachers
Beginning July 1, 2025, teacher-intern students can complete their pre-student-teaching field experience with at least 50 hours. Initial teacher preparation programs require at least 80 hours, including at least 10 before program acceptance. Field experiences must include observation and active participation in varied school settings.
Shared website lists school job openings
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa’s education department runs a shared online job board. School districts, charter schools, and area education agencies must submit all openings and keep unfilled jobs listed. The department must post its own openings, while accredited private schools can choose to participate. Postings must state that employers will follow applicable employment discrimination law. Employers can still use other advertising and hiring systems; the state system does not expand state control over hiring.
Tighter credential rules for teacher candidates
Beginning July 1, 2025, students using prior substitute-teaching work to meet the preparation eligibility requirement need a substitute license or authorization. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners must have issued that credential. A paraeducator certificate alone no longer meets this requirement.
Placement reimbursements spread costs across schools
Beginning July 1, 2025, districts paying for out-of-state placements under qualifying agreements can seek state reimbursement. They can submit cost accounts by August 1 after the school year when services were provided. By August 15, Iowa’s education department must approve or revise the accounts and pay actual costs minus service-weighting funding. The state then deducts these payments monthly from all districts’ foundation aid in the following school year. Each district’s share is based on its budget enrollment compared with the statewide total; households receive no direct payment.
Teacher pay floors guide state funding
Beginning July 1, 2025, full-time teachers generally have annual salary floors of $50,000, or $62,000 with at least 12 years’ experience. Iowa calculates district salary funding without enrollment tiers, including employer retirement contributions, Social Security and Medicare taxes, and supplemental state aid. The state must raise per-student funding when needed to cover required salaries and employer costs. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, districts also receive corrections for underpayments caused by incorrect teacher-experience reports. These corrections compare fall 2023 and fall 2024 reports and cover the prior budget year’s per-student shortfall. Salary supplement payments flow through state foundation aid, with monthly deductions from all districts’ aid the following school year based on enrollment shares.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/8/2025
Passed House
Yes: 83 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 47 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
Passed House
Yes: 96 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
6/6/2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
5/13/2025HouseMessage from House.
5/9/2025SenateImmediate message.
5/8/2025HousePassed House, yeas 83, nays 1.
5/8/2025HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendment H-1224.
5/8/2025HouseSenate amendment H-1224 filed.
4/10/2025HouseMessage from Senate.
4/10/2025HouseImmediate message.
4/9/2025SenatePassed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
4/9/2025SenateAmendment S-3080 adopted.
4/9/2025SenateAmendment S-3088 filed, ruled out of order.
4/9/2025SenateAmendment S-3080 filed.
4/8/2025SenateDeferred.
4/8/2025SenateSubstituted for SF 442.
4/8/2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/3/2025SenateRead first time, attached to SF 442.
3/19/2025SenateMessage from House.
3/19/2025SenateImmediate message.
3/18/2025HousePassed House, yeas 96, nays 1.
3/18/2025HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
3/5/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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