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Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee adopts internal rules, flags education savings accounts and property-tax concerns
Summary
At its organizational meeting, the Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee approved committee rules and outlined budget priorities for the 2025–26 cycle, with members saying they want more transparency on educational savings accounts and are hearing property-tax complaints from constituents.
The Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee on Feb. 25 adopted internal rules for the 2025–26 budget cycle and used its organizational meeting to outline priorities and concerns for the upcoming budget process. Committee leaders emphasized fiscal restraint and called for more information on educational savings accounts.
Committee Ranking Member Janet Peterson, R., who addressed new members during introductions, said one focus will be oversight of scholarship-like programs. “Probably one of my biggest concerns going into this session is, not knowing enough about where the millions of dollars in the educational savings accounts are going, how that money is being spent,” Peterson said.
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