Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

HSB 735: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, financing programs for charter schools and nonpublic schools administered by the Iowa finance authority, the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children, education savings accounts, the school start date, independent accrediting agencies, teacher training and licensure, and making appropriations, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.

In committee Last action February 24, 2026: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2713.

Plain-language summary

HSB 735 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, financing programs for charter schools and nonpublic schools administered by the Iowa finance authority, the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children, education savings accounts, the school start date, independent accrediting agencies, teacher training and licensure, and making appropriations, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. Most recent recorded action (February 24, 2026): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2713.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.