House passes Senate File 2201 setting 2% school aid increase, picks up budget guarantee
The Iowa House passed Senate File 2201 as amended, setting supplemental state aid at 2% for fiscal 2027, increasing the state cost per pupil to $8,148, appropriating roughly $105.9 million of additional general fund dollars related to the change and directing the state to pick up the budget guarantee. Final passage was 58–35 with 7 not voting.
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The Iowa House on the floor passed Senate File 2201 as amended, a school funding bill that sets supplemental state aid at 2% for fiscal 2027 and raises the state cost per pupil to $8,148. The bill, which the manager said will shift the budget guarantee to the state and add programs including a $7 million education support personnel supplement, was adopted on a final passage vote of 58–35 with seven members not voting.
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