Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 2501: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions.

In committee Last action April 27, 2026: Withdrawn.

Plain-language summary

SF 2501 is a bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on April 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. Most recent recorded action (April 27, 2026): Withdrawn.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.