# Iowa SF 2201: A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, modifying provisions relating to property tax replacement payments, transportation equity aid funding, funding for school district budget adjustments, and school district enrollment, establishing an education support personnel salary supplement, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3100.) Effective date: 02/26/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. Iowa SF 2201, A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, modifying provisions relating to property tax replacement payments, transportation equity aid funding, funding for school district budget adjustments, and school district enrollment, establishing an education support personnel salary supplement, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3100.) Effective date: 02/26/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION; status signed, last action 2026-05-22 (Fiscal note.) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2201-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa SF 2201 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, modifying provisions relating to property tax replacement payments, transportation equity aid funding, funding for school district budget adjustments, and school district enrollment, establishing an education support personnel salary supplement, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3100.) Effective date: 02/26/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-05 - Last action: 2026-05-22, Fiscal note. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (143 yes, 138 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Iowa sets school funding growth at 2%: benefit, low. Iowa sets both regular and categorical school funding growth rates at 2% for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026. Categorical aid covers specific needs, such as teacher pay, training, early intervention, and transportation. These rates help calculate district funding; they do not guarantee every… - School support staff get pay funding: benefit, low. Iowa provides a one-time $7 million fund for school support staff compensation from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Covered staff are regular or part-time district employees who are not salaried. Each district gets $7 million multiplied by its share of statewide budget enrollment for the year… - State money replaces school property taxes: benefit, low. For budget years beginning July 1, 2026, onward, Iowa funds property tax replacement payments from its general fund. Payments equal weighted enrollment times $153 plus the specified per-student state-cost difference from the year beginning July 1, 2021. Separately, for 2026–27, qualifying district… - School transportation aid faces annual cap: cost, low. Starting with budget years beginning July 1, 2026, transportation equity aid is capped at $1 million per qualifying district annually. Aid uses actual enrollment, excluding shared-time students, multiplied by the district's transportation cost-per-student difference. Districts whose calculated aid… - Facility education funding moves to quarters: mixed, low. Starting July 1, 2026, covered facility and institutional education budgets receive quarterly payments from July 15 through April 15. This replaces monthly payments from September through June. The rules cover children in specified facilities or state-run institutions who are not enrolled in their… - New student counts shape school budgets: mixed, low. New enrollment rules cover counts determined on or after July 1, 2026, and budgets beginning July 1, 2027, onward. Basic enrollment averages the base year's actual and adjusted counts. Districts certify October 1 actual counts by October 15 and January 15 adjusted counts by January 30. The January… - School aid shifts to quarterly payments: mixed, low. Starting July 1, 2026, Iowa generally pays school aid quarterly, around July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15. State officials set installments based on available cash, the state budget, and the timing of school-funding laws. Property tax replacement and transportation equity and base fundi… - School service reimbursements face quarterly deductions: mixed, low. Starting July 1, 2026, Iowa recovers covered education payments through quarterly, rather than monthly, deductions from district foundation aid. For nonpublic-school special education, districts report actual costs by August 1; state review occurs by September 1. Corrections affect the following fi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 27 | 20 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | Amendment H-8010 to committee amendment H-8004 | fail | 30 | 63 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Passed House | pass | 58 | 35 | | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 28 | 20 | | ## Actions (34) - 2026-05-22: Fiscal note. (legislature) - 2026-02-26: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Message from Senate. (House) - 2026-02-23: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Passed Senate, yeas 27, nays 20. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Senate concurred with S-5018. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Fiscal note. (legislature) - 2026-02-23: Message from House, with amendment S-5018. (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Immediate message. (House) - 2026-02-19: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2026-02-19: Passed House, yeas 58, nays 35. (House) - 2026-02-19: Amendment H-8004 adopted, as amended. (House) - 2026-02-19: Amendment H-8008 ruled out of order. (House) - 2026-02-19: Amendment H-8012 to committee amendment H-8004 filed, adopted. (House) - 2026-02-19: Amendment H-8010 to committee amendment H-8004, yeas 30, nays 63, lost. (House) - 2026-02-19: Amendment H-8010 filed. (House) - 2026-02-18: Amendment H-8008 filed. (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee amendment H-8004 filed. (House) - 2026-02-16: Placed on Appropriations calendar. (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 8. Excused, 2. (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. (House) - 2026-02-16: Subcommittee recommends passage. (legislature) - 2026-02-12: Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 11:30AM RM 103. (legislature) - 2026-02-12: Fiscal note. (legislature) - 2026-02-11: Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Matson and Stone. (House) - 2026-02-11: Read first time, referred to Appropriations. (House) - 2026-02-11: Message from Senate. (House) - 2026-02-10: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 20. (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Amendment S-5007 filed, adopted. (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Fiscal note. (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Introduced, placed on calendar. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF2201.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF2201.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) 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