SF 16 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

SF 16 modifies when school district boundary changes, enlargements, reorganizations, or dissolutions take effect. It sets the effective date as July 1 following the election if voter approval occurred before January 1, 2025, or July 1 of the next calendar year if approval was on or after that date. The bill also clarifies that territory from dissolved districts with fewer than 600 students may qualify for reduced property tax levies under specific conditions. This applies retroactively to January 1, 2025, affecting school districts undergoing these structural changes.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2025
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Committee
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Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 171.
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 27, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2025 3:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
legislature
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Evans, Shipley, and Staed.
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Education.
upper
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Amy Sinclair
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