Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2228: A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 10, 2026
An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5845XS (5) mb/md S.F. 2228 DIVISION I SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROPERTY TAX Section 1. Section 257.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, a school district shall cause to be levied each year, for the school general fund, a foundation property tax equal to five four dollars and forty four cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation on all taxable property in the district. The county auditor shall spread the foundation levy over all taxable property in the district. Sec. 2. Section 257.3, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a reorganized school district shall cause a foundation property tax of four three dollars and forty four cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to be levied on all taxable property which, in the year preceding a reorganization, was within a school district affected by the reorganization as defined in section 275.1, or in the year preceding a dissolution was a part …
Sponsors
- Herman Quirmbach (D, 25) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 244 .
- : Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 212 .
Subjects: school districts, school finance, private education student accounts, private education, tax levies, tax credits, agricultural land, property taxes
Common questions
- What is SF2228?
- SF2228 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What does SF2228 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to school district funding provisions, including reducing the foundation property tax and repealing the education savings account program, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2228?
- In committee as of February 10, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 244 . (February 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2228?
- Herman Quirmbach (D, 25).
- Where is the official record for SF2228?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2228&ga=91
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